Adoula

[ ah-doo-luh ]

noun

1. Cy·rille [see-, ril], 1922–78, African statesman: premier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1961–64.

Example Sentences

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

His bravery in that episode and others in Congo’s rebellious provinces became the stuff of Foreign Service legend and cemented his friendships with Cyrille Adoula, who became premier of Congo, and with Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.

From Washington Post

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, up from obscurity popped former Congolese Premier Cyrille Adoula, who was replaced last July by Moise Tshombe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Writing in the left-wing Tunisian weekly Jeune Afrique, Adoula proposed that the Congo embrace the Gbenye regime and forgive the rebels their savagery.

From Time Magazine Archive