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Fulbert Youlou () was a Congolese priest who became a political leader and rose to the presidency of the Republic of the Congo.

Fulbert Youlou was born on July 9, , near Brazzaville, a member of the Balali tribe, largest of the three major subgroups of the Bakongo people.

He studied for the priesthood and was ordained on his thirty-second birthday, becoming a parish priest in Brazzaville in His relations with his superiors were stormy, and his growing interest for politics led to disciplinary action against him.

By the end of , the diminutive priest had made up his mind to enter politics on a full-time basis, although he continued to wear priestly garments long after he had been enjoined from performing any pastoral duties.

Prior to , politics in the (then) French Congo had been monopolized by Félix Tchicaya's Parti Progressiste Congolais (PPC), based in Pointe Noire and the neighboring Kouilou-Niari region, and by Jacques Opangault, leader of the Mbochi tribe