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'''Abbé''' '''Fulbert Youlou''' (19 July 1917 – 6 May 1972) was a [[Loss of clerical state (Catholic Church)|laicized]] [[Brazzaville]]-[[Republic of Congo|Congolese]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] priest, nationalist leader and politician, who became the first President of the [[Republic of the Congo]] on its independence.
In August 1960, he led his country into independence. In December 1960 he organised an intercontinental conference in [[Brazzaville]], in the course of which he praised the advantages of [[economic liberalism]] and condemned [[communism]]. Three years later, he left power.<ref name=p62>{{harvp|Boutet|1990|p=62}}</ref> Youlou disappointed many from the North when he imposed a single party system and imprisoned union leaders in August 1963; this led to the revolution of the "[[Trois Glorieuses (1963)|Trois Glorieuses]]." [[Charles de Gaulle]] despised him and France refused to assist him.<ref name=pb226/> He resigned in the face of overwhelming opposition to his governance.
== Youth and ordination ==
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