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Gnassingbe replaced his father, the long-ruling Gnassingbe Eyadema, as the country's president in 2005.
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The former German colony lying between Benin and Ghana has a history of violence, most recently three years ago when Gnassingbe was put in power by the military following the death of his father, veteran dictator Gnassingbe Eyadema.
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Eyadema, Togo's ex-strongman, who ruled the country for 38 years.
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Gnassingbe was first made head of state by the army in 2005 on the death of his strongman father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, then he bowed to domestic and foreign pressure and stepped down to get himself elected that same year.
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Under Eyadema, the UFC leader Olympio, the son of Togo's first assassinated president, lived in exile in Paris and refused to take part in his homeland's politics on grounds that the system would always be rigged.
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Under Eyadema, the current prime minister was once jailed for six months, while UFC leader Olympio, the son of Togo's first assassinated president, lived in exile in Paris and refused to take part in his homeland's politics on the grounds the system would always be rigged.
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If the election is generally judged to be free and fair, the EU will resume aid to the country of six million people, after a 14-year suspension because of the lack of real democracy under Eyadema, who ruled for 38 years and drove his foes into exile.
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Eyadema, whose son Faure Gnassingbe is the west African nation's current president, was warned of the plot, which British prime minister
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Eyadema ruled until his death in 2005 when his son, Faure, was appointed the new president by the army.
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Eyadema, but the army backed down under national and regional pressure.
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