Ruler · 1917 – 1972

Fulbert Youlou

Lived 1917 – 1972; politician. President of the Republic of the Congo (Republic of the Congo), 1960 – 1963.

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Lived: 1917 – 1972; 55 years
In office: 3 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Republic of the Congo
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of the Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo · the 1st of 8 dated reigns · 1960 – 1997

Fulbert Youlou1960 – 1963

Alphonse Massamba-Débat1963 – 1968

Augustin Poignet1968

Alfred Raoul1968 – 1969

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officea second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1960 – 1963 · 3 years · came to it aged 43

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Youlou resigned thereafter in the face of overwhelming opposition to his governance.

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