Emmanuel Bob-Akitani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Aného, Maritime, Togo
About Emmanuel Bob-Akitani
- Emmanuel Bob-Akitani (July 18, 1930 – May 16, 2011) is a Togolese politician who was the main opposition candidate in the 2003 and 2005 Togolese presidential elections.
- He is the Honorary President of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC). Born in 1930 in Aného, Lacs Prefecture, Bob-Akitani was a founding member of the UFC and was, at the time of the 2003 election, the UFC's First Vice-President.
- Akitani stood as the UFC's candidate in 2003 because UFC President Gilchrist Olympio had been barred from running due to his failure to meet the residency requirement.
- According to official results, he placed second behind long-time President Gnassingbé Eyadéma in the 2003 election, with 33.68% of the vote against 57.78% for Eyadéma.
- The UFC alleged fraud and Bob-Akitani claimed to have won the election.
- Following Eyadéma's death, he ran again in the April 2005 election as the candidate of an opposition coalition that included the UFC.
- He was again declared runner-up in the election, behind Eyadéma's son, Faure Gnassingbé, amidst widespread allegations of seized ballot boxes and other electoral fraud. At a UFC party congress in July 2008, Bob-Akitani was named Honorary President of the UFC.
- He died in May 2011 in Lomé.
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