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Patrice Émery Lumumba [e] ( / lʊˈmʊmbə / ⓘ; [3] 2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961), born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa, [4] was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as the Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960, following the May ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Patrice Lumumba (born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo]—died January 17, 1961, Katanga province) was an African nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960).
For decades, the question of how Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo, died—and the related questions of who killed him and why—were subject to much speculation.
Oct 30, 2023 · It was Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s Prime Minister, who left an impression when he rose to speak next. A slim, enigmatic man, Lumumba was the most important politician in the country, and the...
Oct 17, 2023 · J uly 1960 was an inopportune time for Patrice Lumumba, the barely 35-year-old prime minister of the Congo, to visit Washington, D.C. His country had become independent from Belgium only on June...
Jun 20, 2022 · Patrice Lumumba (R) and ally Joseph Okito (L) were arrested in December 1960. Some have said that with his speech Lumumba signed his own death warrant, but his murder the following...
Jun 21, 2021 · Patrice Émery Lumumba helped the Democratic Republic of the Congo win independence from Belgium in June 1960 and became prime minister — then he was assassinated.
Jun 30, 2022 · The gold-crowned tooth of Democratic Republic of Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba has been buried more than 60 years after he was assassinated.
Nov 16, 2020 · Patrice Lumumba was the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Malcolm X called him “the greatest Black man who ever walked the African continent,” while the US and Belgium ...
Jan 19, 2020 · Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known...
