Sylvanus Olympio

Born

September 6, 1902

Died

January 13, 1963 (aged 60)

Known as

politician

Sylvanus Épiphanio Olympio was a Togolese politician who was 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 1900s.

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