Olympio became active in the domestic
Olympio had considered the military to be unnecessary
repeatedly tried to get Olympio to increase funding
Olympio's son, Gilchrist Olympio,
upon achieving independence Olympio funded
When protests in the Ewe region, Olympio's ethnic group,
Kwame Nkrumah and Olympio were initially allies working together
States Embassy which was close to the residence of Olympio.
Olympio's victory triggered a significant realignment of French colonial policy
Before dawn, Olympio's body was discovered by the U.S. Ambassador
Early in his career, Olympio had worked with Kwame Nkrumah,
Olympio defeated Grunitzky with over 90% of the vote to become
then the United Nations, Olympio petitioned the United Nations Trusteeship Council
1960s, and Olympio is remembered as one of the first heads
On 24 September 1962, Olympio rejected the personal plea by Étienne Eyadéma,
living in Togo did not cease, but Olympio largely ignored the threat.
unite while Olympio sought to have the eastern part of the German
Olympio's party boycotted most of the elections during the 1950s within Togo
In the 1958 election, despite French interference, Olympio's party(the Comité de l'unité togolaise)
soldiers who were unable to gain employment because Olympio kept the military small.
city of Lomé as the military attempted to arrest Olympio and his cabinet.
One of the defining dynamics during Olympio's Presidency was the tense relationship between Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah and Olympio were initially allies working together to
gain independence for their neighboring countries;
In the 1950s, Olympio became an active leader in pursuing independence
for Togo from French rule.
Despite the large electoral victory, Olympio's policies caused significant problems for many of his supporters.
was the one who pulled the trigger killing Olympio, but this is not clearly established.
The result was that Olympio maintained a significant amount of authority
and his party dominated political life.
One of the defining dynamics during Olympio's Presidency was the tense relationship between Ghana and Togo.
The military
led by Emmanuel Bodjolle and Étienne Eyadéma met and agreed to remove Olympio from office.
Olympio became active in the domestic and international
struggle to gain independence for Togo following World War II.