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Youlou

American  
[yoo-loo] / ˈju lu /

noun

  1. Fulbert 1917–72, African political leader: president of the Republic of Congo (now People's Republic of the Congo) 1959–63.


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She wrote that after Guinea became independent, she used this influence to advise the CAR's new President Barthélemy Boganda, persuading him stand down in a diplomatic row with Congo-Brazzaville's post-independence leader, Fulbert Youlou.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2025

Youlou promised labor a say in a new, single-party government that he planned to proclaim.

From Time Magazine Archive

From his palace, Youlou pleaded with the French commander of the Congolese troops to take more vigorous action.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tremors became serious last August, when mobs of unemployed overthrew President Fulbert Youlou in the ex-French Congo across the Congo River in Brazzaville.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kasavubu recently moved his family from Leopoldville across the river to Brazzaville, in old French territory, presumably to be closer to his old crony Abbe Fulbert Youlou, Premier of the French Congo Republic.

From Time Magazine Archive

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