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Adoula

American  
[ah-doo-luh] / ɑˈdu lə /

noun

  1. Cyrille 1922–78, African statesman: premier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1961–64.


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Adoula soon arrived on an official visit and, at a White House lunch in his honor, looked around and asked, “Where is Carlucci?”

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2018

Premiers Patrice Lumumba and Cyrille Adoula proved unable to resolve the "contention."

From Time Magazine Archive

Adoula has deposed and jailed the worst regional extremists, notably erratic Antoine Gizenga, who almost made Eastern Province a Communist preserve last year, and zany "King" Albert Kalonji of South Kasai.

From Time Magazine Archive

For months, Adoula and Tshombe have been negotiating bitterly in Leopoldville on schemes intended to bring Katanga back into the Congo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now Adoula proposed including them in a reconciliation government while at the same time kicking out the white mercenaries who had provided much-needed leadership for the Congo's ragtag army.

From Time Magazine Archive

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