Tombalbaye

[ tawm-bahl-bah-ye ]

noun

1. Fran·çois [f, r, ah, n, -, swa], 1918–75, African statesman: president of the Republic of Chad 1960–75.

Example Sentences

Even the tomb of François Tombalbaye, the nation’s first president, is just a car-sized lump of tile ringed by barbed wire — not a statue in sight.

From New York Times

For his pains, Tombalbaye was assassinated within a year, and his people danced in the streets.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tales of death and torture reflect the grisly turn that President Ngarta Tombalbaye's "cultural revolution" has taken since its inauguration in August 1973.

From Time Magazine Archive

When first announced, Tombalbaye's policy of "Chaditude" seemed to be just another of the authenticity campaigns that have become a familiar and understandable phenomenon in Africa's newly independent black states.

From Time Magazine Archive

To foster a sense of national pride and identity, Tombalbaye ordered the 4 million citizens of the former French colony to change their foreign first names.

From Time Magazine Archive