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William R. Tolbert, Jr. : ウィキペディア英語版
William R. Tolbert, Jr.

William Richard Tolbert, Jr. (May 13, 1913 – April 12, 1980) was the 20th President of Liberia from 1971 until 1980, when he was killed in a coup d'état led by Samuel Doe.
Trained as a civil servant, he entered the country's House of Representatives in 1943 for the True Whig Party, then the only established party in the country. He was elected Vice president to William Tubman in 1952 and served in that position until he became President following Tubman's death in 1971.
==Background==

Tolbert was born in Bensonville, Liberia. An Americo-Liberian, he was the grandson of a former American slave from South Carolina who emigrated to Liberia in the Liberian exodus of 1878.〔Tolbert, Richard. (Liberia: William R. Tolbert – 'In the Pantheon of Great African Leaders' ). ''AllAfrica.com'' 2009-05-28. Accessed 2012-06-23.〕 The Tolbert clan was one of the largest Americo-Liberian families in Liberia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=President William R. Tolbert, Jr. (1971-1980) The preacher-President )
He attended Bensonville Elementary School, Crummell Hall Episcopalian High School, and graduated ''summa cum laude'' from the University of Liberia in 1934. He married Victoria A. Hoff, with whom he had eight children.
Tolbert was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1943, and served until being elected vice president. A Baptist minister, in 1965 he became the first African to serve as president of the Baptist World Alliance,〔("President William R. Tolbert, Jr.", ''Daily Observer'' (Liberia), 16 September, 2005 )〕〔(MSN Encarta, "Tolbert, William Richard, Jr." )〕 and was also a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.〔(Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. International Website )〕 He became Grand Master of the Masonic Order of Liberia.〔(The Tragic History of Freemasonry in Liberia ), Chris Hodapp, Freemasonry for Dummies Blog〕

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