Patrice Lumumba
(1925–1961)

Patrice Émery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo from June until September 1960.

Patrice Lumumba
Official portrait of Prime Minister Lumumba, 1960

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