Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio (6 September 1902 – 13 January 1963) was a Togolese political figure who served as Prime Minister and then President of Togo from 1958 until his assassination in 1963. He came from the important Olympio family which included his uncle Octaviano Olympio one of the richest people in Togo in the early 1900s. After graduating from the London School of Economics he worked for Unilever and became the general manager of the African operations of that company.
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