Kléber Dadjo

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Kléber Dadjo
Etienne Eyadéma
Personal details
Born12 August 1914
Siou, Togoland
Died23 September 1988/89 (aged 74–75)

Kléber Dadjo (12 August 1914 – 23 September 1988 or 23 September 1989)

President Nicolas Grunitzky
's government.

Biography

Kléber Dadjo was born in

Nawde
(or Losso) ethnic and linguistic group.

Dadjo served in the British Army during World War II and in the French Army in the Indochina and Algerian conflicts. At the time of Togo's independence in 1960, he was the longest-serving and highest-ranking Togolese in the French Army. He held the rank of Captain and commanded Togo's tiny defence force, the Garde Togolaise. He was promoted to Major and eventually to Colonel after the 1963 coup d'état and served as head of the military cabinet of President Nicolas Grunitzky.

After the second military

Etienne Eyadéma
was named president. From 1967 to 1968 he served as Minister of Justice and as Chef du Cabinet Militaire de la Présidence de la République.

In 1968, Dadjo retired and returned to his home in Siou where he became Chef de Canton.

Dadjo died on 23 September 1988 or 23 September 1989.[4]

In 2006, Dadjo was recognised by the government of President

Antoine Méatchi as part of a decision to rehabilitate the image of Togo's previous leaders. The former avenue de la Nouvelle Marche in Lomé
was renamed avenue Kléber Dadjo in his honor.

Dadjo is frequently and erroneously identified in print as a Kabyé rather than a Nawde (or Losso).[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Profile of Kléber Dadjo
  2. ^ "kleber dadjo". Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. ISBN 9780903274173
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  4. ^ As reported by the Chef de Canton de Siou in June 2007. Currently seeking the precise date.
  5. ^ Sources include: Decalo, Samuel, Historical Dictionary of Togo, Third Edition, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996, pp. 106–107.
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