relations predecessor successor birth_place party office primeminister birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
gnassingbé eyadéma -lrb- father -rrb- kpatcha -lrb- half-brother -rrb- bonfoh abass -lrb- acting -rrb- gnassingbé eyadéma bonfoh abass -lrb- acting -rrb- afagnan , togo unir -- 2012 -rrb- -lrb- 2012 -- present -rrb- rpt -lrb- ? president of togo koffi houngbo kwesi ahoomey-zunu komi sélom klassou sama edem kodjo yawovi agboyibo komlan mally gilbert 6 june 1966 4 may 2005 5 february 2005 faure gnassingbé 2014.png faure gnassingbé
 25 february 2005 faure gnassingbé paris dauphine university george washington -lrb- mba -rrb-
faure gnassingbé

faure essozimna gnassingbé -lrb- ; born 6 june 1966 -rrb- is a togolese politician who has been the president of togo since 2005 .
prior to his election , he was appointed by his father , president gnassingbé eyadéma , as minister of equipment , mines , posts , and telecommunications , serving from 2003 to 2005 .
following president eyadéma 's death in 2005 , gnassingbé was immediately installed as president with support from the army .
doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of the succession led to heavy regional pressure being placed on gnassingbé , and he subsequently resigned on 25 february .
he then won a controversial presidential election on 24 april 2005 , and was sworn in as president .
gnassingbé was re-elected for a second term in 2010 .
in the april 2015 presidential election , gnassingbé won a third term , defeating his main challenger , jean-pierre fabre , by a margin of about 59 % to 35 % , according to official results .
