Gnassingbé Eyadéma: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Étienne Eyadéma
Born	December 26, 1935 • Togo
Died	February 5, 2005 (aged 69)
Title / Office	president (1979-2005), Togo
Notable Family Members	son Faure Gnassingbé

Faure Gnassingbé

Faure Gnassingbé

president of Togo

Victoire Tomégah-Dogbé

prime minister of Togo

Sylvanus Olympio

Sylvanus Olympio

president of Togo

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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

American clergyman and politician

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Murtala Ramat Mohammed

head of state of Nigeria

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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi

French military commander

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Reinhard Gehlen

German general

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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin

French general and diplomat

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Walter Campbell Short

United States Army officer

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Richard S. Ewell

Confederate general

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Isaac Stevens

governor of Washington Territory, United States

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Artemas Ward

United States general

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James Fannin

American military figure

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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

Mexican military officer

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William B. Travis

United States military officer

George Washington

George Washington

president of United States

Mao Zedong smiling and waving with his right hand while standing outdoors in front of large lanterns and a crowd.

Mao Zedong

Chinese leader

Statue of Julius Caesar in Roman military attire stands in front of a domed building in Rome, Italy, with a clear blue sky in the background.

Julius Caesar

Roman ruler

Alexander the Great

king of Macedonia

Portrait painting of Frederick II of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, wearing a dark coat with a star medal, yellow gloves, and holding a cane, with the inscription Fridericus II Rex Prussiae.

Frederick II

king of Prussia