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

In 1969 Muslim dissatisfaction with the first president, Ngarta Tombalbaye - a Christian southerner - developed into a guerrilla war.

From BBC

This, combined with a severe drought, undermined his rule and in 1975 President Tombalbaye was killed in a coup led by another southerner, Felix Malloum.

From BBC

This, combined with a severe drought, undermined his rule and in 1975 President Tombalbaye was killed in a coup led by another southerner, Felix Malloum.

From BBC

In 1969 Muslim dissatisfaction with the first president, Ngarta Tombalbaye - a Christian southerner - developed into a guerrilla war.

From BBC