Political History of Togo
Category: Other
Updated: 18 Dec 2022
Red = Ewe Unification Movement
Orange = Ewe before colonialisation
Green = Pro-French Togolese
Yellow = British Gold Coast / Ghana
Light Blue = International Measures
Dark Blue = French Measures
Violet = International Conflicts & Wars
Brown = German Colonialisation
Black = Era Gnassingbé
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Created byJulius Heise
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Events
Foundation of PTPParliamentary ElectionReferendum in French Togoland1. TogostatutLoi-cadre2. TogostatutNicholas Grunitzky = Prime MinisterTerritorial Assembly election
1955Referendum Br. Togoland 1956British-Togoland -> Gold CoastIndependence GhanaElections to the French National AssemblyCoup d'état † OlympioIndependenceElections to the French National AssemblyFrench National Assembly ElectionsConference of Independent African StatesFrench legislative election
(Dahomey and Togo)Togo = French Trust TerritoryIV Republique
(French Union)Togo taken out of AOFAll Ewe Conference*Sylvanus OlympioFoundation JuventoOlympio leaves UAC*Santos, Anani IgnatioMouvement Nationaliste Togolais-JuventoSecond Split Juvento/CUTUnions Démocratique des Peuples Togolais (UDPT)Togo = One party SystemTogolese General electionsCUT renamed PUTFirst Split of JuventoFoundation UCPN1st Letter Defense Agreement2nd Letter Defense AgreementCreation of national armyAssassination attempt on NkrumahOlympios first visits to Trusteeship CouncilOlympio in USOlympio US VisitOlympio in FranceVogan ShootingAbolition of Slave Trade with AmericasCooperation Treaty2nd Cooperation TreatyAnouncement of Gold Coast Independence / UK Memorandum1st Session
Standing Consultative CommissionReferendum for Fifth RepublicV Republic
(French Communauté)Nkrumahs state visit in TogoOlympio wants British TogolandFounding of
Homeland Study Group FoundationHomeland Study Group Foundation march in HoArrest Homeland Study Group FoundationPreventive Detention ActCoup against NkrumahGhana = One Party SystemJuvento and UDTP bannedBritish/US defense agreement against Ghana?Resolution 944 (X)
(Plebiscite)Avoidance of Discrimination ActReformation of CUTSchism within the PTP/Foundation MPTFrench Togoland Representative Assembly election (A.R.T)French Togoland Representative Assembly electionTerritorial Assembly electionsFirst Joint Anglo-French MemorandumOlympio, Antor & Asare before UN
PTP before UN* Unité TogolaiseCold Coast LeaderFirst AEC petition to UNOral HearingsOlympio in ParisThird (Special) Visiting MissionOlympio complaints about PechouxOral HearingsMinisterial MeetingEwe leave NotséEnlarged Joint Togoland Consultative CommissionAEC & Togoland Union MeetingOral HearingWieschhoff arrives in AccraDag Hammerskjöld in LoméCharles de Gaules back to powerCharles de Gaulles becomes president of V Republic"Gold Coast Constitution 1951"Bloddy incident in Mango & Lama-KaraSantos et Abalo excluded from CUT parliamentary groupOlympio in ParisSecond MemorandumNkrumah's "Motion of Destiny"Nkrumah declaration to annex Togo"Most secret"Gold Coast election4th Committee against Joint CouncilWhat happened in 1953?Conseils de CirconsriptionDouble Electoral College System abolishedTransformation of CercleUniversal suffrage introducedDemonstrations during Deferre's visitDemonstration during Misiting MissionStudent Protest in FranceOlympio's inauguration adressSantos (Juvento Leader) resinesCampaign against Togo-Ewe sympathisants*Jonathan Savi de TovéOlympio convicted4th Committee hearing & decision
on visiting missionEyadema returns to TogoAll political parties bannedMORETOElection Enlarged Consultative Commission (ECC)AEC Meeting in Ho6th Session of AEC3rd Session
Standing Consultative Comission4th Session
Standing Consultative CommissionJoint Anglo-French interim report4th Committee HearingOlympio talk with BerardAll-African Peoples' Conference (AAPC)Olympio meets Um Nyobe at UN + Antor meets Paul EckerPrecautions of Olympio Government against JUVENTOOposition leaders arrestedSecond attempt on Olympio's LifeNew political institutions (A.R.T.)Nkrumah's CPP comes to power in Gold CoastFrench ask for lifting of the Trusteeship statusBegin of agitation against ewe and Togo/Ghana TensionsOlympio visits de Gaulles in ParisPolitical gathering in AklakouFrench colonial army demobilizedCreation of National Committee for Refugees in TogoInterministerial MeetingFrench-British Meeting in LondonTrans-Volta/Togoland CouncilViolent plot in May 1955Antor wants federation"Seventh Province"Gold Coast Constitution 1954Gold Coast general electionAccra RiotsGold Coast "Burns" ConstitutionFrantz Fanon in AccraLumumba in Togo† Dag Hammarskjöld† John F. Kennedy† Frantz FanonChapman founds Ewe NewsletterGhana's "Togo annexation constitution"Gold Coast election 1951Antor before UNTC draft to agree to integrationQueen Elizabeth in GhanaBombing on Nkrumah StatueAEC meeting near HoFirst ECC meetingJoint Council replaces ECCGA recommends reestablishment of Joint CouncilFirst "Togoland Congress" Meeting in BoradaCPP secedes from UGCCCreation of Trans-Volta Togoland RegionEstablishment of Southern Togoland CouncilPolice storms de Souza-reunionBr. Togoland joins Trans-VoltaOlympio before TCHSGF Independence declarationArrest of HSGFKudzordzi video from hiding placeNew-Regions ReferendumReturn to constitutional ruleBorders reopenedAEC Meeting in Ho2nd Session
Standing Consultative Commission* Togoland UnionFranco-British ConversationsGrenades thrown in AccraFirst meeting of Committee on Togoland AffairsFirst assassination attempt against OlympioThird attempt against Olmypio's lifeCreation of Sûreté National TogolaiseBenjamin Cohen in TogoDeferre's state visit1st Security operation2nd Security operationWestern Togoland members granted bail18 Suspects aprehended in BimbillaNkrumah private talks in LondonHSGF members aqccitedPetition to UN by Volta YouthBimbilla suspects granted bailVolta Minister warns media to promote secessionistsRadio Director arrestedFirst petition to Oliver StanleyGroß FriedrichsburgAssassination Um Nyobe*Salt Water ThesisIraq InvasionAfghanistan InvasionAgenda for PeaceGov shuts down RadioArmy arrest 21 at training campMilitia Group in DzodzeAntor sentenced to prisonCourt Discharges 20 Suspected2nd ECC MeetingFranco British ConversationUnificationists meeting in HoRadio shut down againBunche in West Africa14 arrested in KpandoFrance announces ReferendumRawlings condems Military deploymentSignposts "Welcome to Western Togoland"Odonko arrestedKudzordzi messages from hideout25.09. AttacksElections GhanaCourt remands 23 secessionistsChiefs To Gov't: Withdraw Security PersonnelNational Security behind secessionists attack in Volta Region – John MahamaAttack on BusstationSecessionist dies in Police CustodyKudzordzi ArrestedParliament discusses Security And Intelligence Agencies BillLaunch of National Security StrategyKudzordzis trial starts* KudzordziKudzordzi DeathAsogli stateYouth Group Clash*Local intelligence committeeAntor-Olympio Meeting in HoPeriods
Bandung Conference4th Phase: Post-UnabhängigkeitBorder skirmishes with GhanaAshanti-Ewe-Akposso WarsAtlantic Slave TradePortuguese EraAné (Mina) migrate East1st UN Visiting MissionSecond UN Visiting Mission4th UN visiting missionFirst signs of Independence disilusionmentOlympio regimeTolimoCUT-Juvento Mission at UNCUT-Juvento Mission at UNJuvento-CUT Mission at UNLast CUT-Juvento mission at UNUN Supervision missionExodus of population from French to British TogolandReign of AgokoliInsurgencyRestructuring LIC / SBTogoland Congress flexes musclesNational liberation movementEwe warCoussey CommitteeJoint Togoland CouncilPTP-Digo-Scuffel5th Pan African CongressUNAVEM (Angola)UNAMIR (Rwanda)UNAMIC & UNTAC (Cambodia)UNOMIL (Liberia)UNMIBH (Bosnia & Herzi)UNOSOM (Somalia)UNAMSIL (Sierra Leone)UNTAET (East Timor)UNMIK (Kosovo)UNMIH (Haiti)Anglo-French COnversations on Colonial QuestionGrouping
Decolonization wars
German Colonization
Events
First German/hanseatic Trading PostsBremen Mission arrives at shores of EwelandGerman Trade Relations at Slave CoastRoeren Speech in ReichstagRoeren Speech at ReichstagBremen Missions destroyedPeriods
Maji Maji RebellionHerero and Namaqua genocideGrouping
Schutzgebiet
Events
Gustav Nachtigal signes "Schutzvertrag"Slavery abolishedTowe-AufstandDestruction of Jendi and the DagombaFoundation Misa-HöheAssault of Togo-VillageKonkomba attackPunitive campaign BassariAttack of Tschokossi3 campaigns against KabyeCampaign against Konkomba"Polizeitruppe"Periods
German "SchutzgebietBerlin Congo ConferenceCampaigns & Uprisings"Exploration" of the hinterlandGrouping
Modernisation
Events
Ewe BibleLanding BridgeOpening of the railway service Lome-PalimeOpening of telegraph service from Lome to Atakpame.Opening of the railway service Lome-AnéhoIntroduction of cotton cultivationOpenings of hospitalsFoundation of a cotton nurseryAgricultural school for localsGovernment training schoolLanding Bridge destroyedFoundation of administration districtEra Gnassingbé
Events
Founding UFCEyadema's Plane CrashConstitutional referendum of 1992Foundation RPTConstitution of III RepubliqueEyadema accepts multiparty systemReunion of national conference
Formation of transition government† EyademaFaure steps backFaure (re)electedFoundation CARTerm limit abolishedCoup d'état EyademaClashes with Opposition GroupsNational Reconciliation CommitteeGeneral Eyadema gains powerCoup AttemptReferendum"Imported names"Abolition of head taxIrredentist Article in NYTCivilian rule rejectedEyadema only military officer in governmentFailed assassination plotBrazilian families, trialTrial of 1977 plotNorth-South-Axis completedNew TaxRPT CongressRescheduling of DebtCabinet reshuffleIrredentist Article in London TimesPeriods
Eyadema's DictatorshipFaure GnassingbéOCAM Summit meeting in LoméTogo under League of Nations Mandate
Events
Foundation of CUTFrench legislative election
(Dahomey and Togo)Dahomey and Togo by-electionCercle des Amitiés FrançaisesSplit of Togoland
Lomé = Capital of French TogolandOlympio graduated
from LSE. Then worked for UnileverOlympio Unilever in TogoOlympio
London School of EconomicsOlympio appointed General ManagerLeague of Nations mandate* Meatchi, Antoine IdrissouFoundation Bund deutscher TogoländerCreation of Conseils de NotablesConseils de circonsriptionComité de l'Unité Togolaise du Nord et du SudGuide du TogoRévolte des femmesMurder* PedanouCreation of "Garde Indigène"......Creation of......
"Service de Sûreté"Companie de MiliceReorganisation of Conseils de NotablesPeriods
Olympio encarcerratedAnti-French MovementFirst Mandate PhaseSecond mandate PhaseSet up of Togo under French MandateFrench Military MissionOlympio in LondonEra Grunitzky
WWII
WWI
Governors
Ministers of Overseas France
Permanent represantives to Trusteeship Council
TC/GA
Periods
TC 6th Special Session "Lift the Trusteeship"GA 8th SessionTC 7th Special Session8th Special SessionTC 6th SessionTC 7th SessionGA 5th SessionTC 8th SessionTC 9th SessionGA 6th SessionTC 11th SessionGA 7th SessionTC 12th SessionTC 13th SessionTC 14th SessionTC 15th SessionTC 16th SessionTC 17th SessionSpecial TC sessionTC 18th SessionGA 11th SessionTC 1st SessionTC 2nd Session (Part I)TC 3rd SessionTC 4th SessionTC 5th SessionGA 9th SessionGA 10th SessionGA 12th SessionGA 13th SessionTC 10th Session
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