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William Richard Tolbert, Jr. (Bensonville, 13 de mayo de 1913-Monrovia, 12 de abril de 1980) fue un pastor bautista, presidente de la Alianza Mundial Bautista y el presidente de Liberia desde el 23 de julio de 1971 hasta su asesinato, el 12 de abril de 1980, durante un golpe de Estado comandado por Samuel Doe.
William Richard Tolbert Jr. (13 May 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until his assassination in 1980. Tolbert was an Americo-Liberian and trained as a civil servant before entering the House of Representatives in 1943 for the True Whig Party , then the only ...
William Richard Tolbert fue el presidente de Liberia entre 1971 y 1980, sucesor de su suegro William V. S. Tubman. Su gobierno se caracterizó por la represión política, la corrupción y la dependencia de los Estados Unidos, hasta que fue derrocado por un golpe de Estado en 1980.
9 de may. de 2024 · William R. Tolbert (born May 13, 1913, Bensonville, Liberia—died April 12, 1980, Monrovia) was a West African politician who was president of Liberia from 1971 to 1980. Tolbert graduated from Liberia College and entered politics in the early 1940s. In 1943 he was elected to the House of Representatives, where President William ...
William Richard Tolbert, Jr. fue un pastor bautista, presidente de la Alianza Mundial Bautista y el presidente de Liberia desde el 23 de julio de 1971 hasta su asesinato, el 12 de abril de 1980, durante un golpe de Estado comandado por Samuel Doe.
28 de sept. de 2016 · Learn about the life and presidency of William Richard Tolbert Jr., the twentieth president of Liberia who was killed in a coup in 1980. Find out his background, reforms, foreign policy, and legacy.
William R. Tolbert, Jr., an ordained Baptist pastor and former President of the Baptist World Alliance, was President Tubman’s modest (‘invisible’) Vice-President for nearly 20 years. He succeeded President Tubman (1944-1971) on July 23, 1971 after he had died in a London clinic.
