Tolbert, William Richard, Jr.

(tŏl`bərt), 1913–80, president of Liberia (1971–80). In government since 1935, he was vice president (1951–71), succeeding to the Presidency upon Tubman's death in 1971. Instituting reforms to close the disparity between Americo-Liberians and indigens, he raised expectations while the economy failed, stimulating opposition, a national strike, and a military coup (1980) in which he was killed.

Tolbert, William Richard, Jr.

Born May 13, 1913, in Bensonville; died Apr. 12,1980, in Monrovia. Liberian state and political figure.

Tolbert received his B.A. from Liberia College (now Liberia University) in 1934 and held an honorary doctorate in civil law from that institution. Until 1943 he occupied various posts in the Liberian Treasury. An active religious figure, Tolbert was a member of the World Baptist Alliance and served as its president from 1965 to 1970. He was vice-president of Liberia from 1952 to 1970 and became the country’s president in July 1971. He was the national leader of the ruling True Whig Party. Following in the footsteps of W. V. S. Tubman, Tolbert pursued a policy of national unification and integration aimed at uniting the indigenous African population and the descendants of emigrants from the USA. Tolbert promoted an open door policy designed to attract foreign capital to Liberia.

单词	tolbert, william richard, jr.
释义	Tolbert, William Richard, Jr. Tolbert, William Richard, Jr. (tŏl`bərt), 1913–80, president of Liberia (1971–80). In government since 1935, he was vice president (1951–71), succeeding to the Presidency upon Tubman's death in 1971. Instituting reforms to close the disparity between Americo-Liberians and indigens, he raised expectations while the economy failed, stimulating opposition, a national strike, and a military coup (1980) in which he was killed. Tolbert, William Richard, Jr. Born May 13, 1913, in Bensonville; died Apr. 12,1980, in Monrovia. Liberian state and political figure. Tolbert received his B.A. from Liberia College (now Liberia University) in 1934 and held an honorary doctorate in civil law from that institution. Until 1943 he occupied various posts in the Liberian Treasury. An active religious figure, Tolbert was a member of the World Baptist Alliance and served as its president from 1965 to 1970. He was vice-president of Liberia from 1952 to 1970 and became the country’s president in July 1971. He was the national leader of the ruling True Whig Party. Following in the footsteps of W. V. S. Tubman, Tolbert pursued a policy of national unification and integration aimed at uniting the indigenous African population and the descendants of emigrants from the USA. Tolbert promoted an open door policy designed to attract foreign capital to Liberia.
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