Ruler · 1913 – 1980

William Tolbert

Lived 1913 – 1980; politician. President of Liberia (Liberia), 1971 – 1980.

Wikidata's English label: William Richard Tolbert.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1913 – 1980; 67 years
In office: 9 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Liberia
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

President of Liberia

Liberia · the 23rd of 35 dated reigns · 1848 – 2024

19 before

Charles D. B. King1920 – 1930

Edwin Barclay1930 – 1944

William Tubman1944 – 1971

William Tolbert1971 – 1980

Samuel Doe1986 – 1990

David Nimley1990

Amos Sawyer1990 – 1994

9 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1971 – 1980 · 9 years · came to it aged 58

Came to it: the in-law of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: killed

Tolbert was assassinated in the 1980 coup d'état by the People's Redemption Council led by Samuel Doe, marking the end of 133 years of Americo-Liberian rule in Liberia.

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