death_date successor death_place birth_place nationality party birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
13 january 1963 emmanuel bodjollé togo kpandu , togoland , currently ghana togolese comité de l'unité togolaise 6 september 1902 president of togo 27 april 1960 dina olympio -lrb- 1903-1964 -rrb- sylvanus olympio.jpg sylvanus olympio
 13 january 1963 sylvanus olympio
sylvanus olympio

sylvanus epiphanio olympio -lrb- 6 september 1902 -- 13 january 1963 -rrb- was a togolese politician who served as prime minister , and then president , of togo from 1958 until his assassination in 1963 .
he came from the important olympio family , which included his uncle octaviano olympio , one of the richest people in togo in the early 1900s .
after graduating from the london school of economics , he worked for unilever and became the general manager of the african operations of that company .
after world war ii , olympio became prominent in efforts for independence of togo and his party won the 1958 election making him the prime minister of the country .
his power was further cemented when togo achieved independence and he won the 1961 election making him the first president of togo .
he was assassinated during the 1963 togolese coup d'état .
