Youlou

[ yoo-loo ]

noun

1. Ful·bert [fool, -bert], 1917–72, African political leader: president of the Republic of Congo (now People's Republic of the Congo) 1959–63.

Example Sentences

President Fulbert Youlou, a high-living priest and close ally of Katanga's Tshombe, tolerates no opposition; is friendly to U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Returning from Europe, he made his television report to the nation, kept a campaign pledge to greet the senior class of the Tomah, Wis., high school at the White House, addressed graduating midshipmen at Annapolis, spoke to editors of United Press International, and entertained the French Congo Republic's President Fulbert Youlou, who came with a huge pair of elephant tusks as gifts.

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

The flamboyant Abb� Fulbert Youlou�a Roman Catholic priest who is forbidden to say Mass but still wears a soutane�has long favored keeping a firm tie with France, once blurted in a fit of candor that is rare in Africa these days: "We will need French aid until the year X."

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.

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