Jean-Pierre Fabre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Togolese politician
Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1952
Place of Birth: Lomé, Maritime, Togo
Profession: politician
Nationality: Togo
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
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About Jean-Pierre Fabre
- Jean-Pierre Fabre (born 2 June 1952) is a Togolese politician and the President of Togo's main opposition party, the National Alliance for Change (Alliance Nationale pour le Changement, ANC).
- He served for years as Secretary-General of the Union of the Forces of Change (UFC), and he was President of the UFC Parliamentary Group in the National Assembly from 2007 to 10 August 2010.
- He stood as the main opposition presidential candidate in 2010 and again in 2015. When the UFC was founded in 1992, under Gilchrist Olympio, Fabre was designated as its Secretary-General.
- When Olympio was unable to run in 2010 election due to medical issues, Fabre was chosen as the UFC candidate for the March 2010 presidential election.
- According to official figures, he lost to President Faure Gnassingbe by a wide margin.In May 2010, a power sharing agreement was signed by the ruling party and Olympio's party.
- Opponents of the deal and hardliners within the UFC, led by Jean-Pierre Fabre, left the party to create their own.
- A brand new party was created, the National Alliance for Change, with Fabre as President.
- In the 2013 legislative election, Fabre's ANC emerged as the main opposition party when its coalition (Sauvons le Togo) won 19 seats in the National Assembly.
- Fabre again ran as the main opposition candidate in the April 2015 presidential election and lost again to Gnassingbe.
- On 29 April 2015, Fabre rejected the official results of the election and proclaimed himself the elected president, alleging massive fraud by the ruling party.
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