Gilchrist olympio biography books

Togolese politician

Gilchrist Olympio (born 26 December 1936) is a Togolese politician who was a long-time opponent of the regime of Gnassingbé Eyadéma and was President of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), Togo's main opposition party from the 1990s til 2013.^[1] Olympio is the son of Sylvanus Olympio, Togo's first President, who was assassinated in a 1963 coup.

He is now an ally of the current regime of Faure Gnassingbe, the son of the late President.^{[citation needed]}

Early life, business career, and early political career

Olympio was born in Lomé to a family of Ewe, Yoruba and Afro-Brazilian descent.

He studied mathematics and philosophy in the United States, and in the United Kingdom at the London School of Economics and Oxford University, where he received a doctorate^[1][2] in economics.^[1] He worked at the United Nations in fiscal and financial studies from 1963 to 1964 and then as an economis