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Patrice Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba
Born	Élias Okit'Asombo; 2 July 1925; Katakokombe, Congo-Kasaï, Belgian Congo
Died	17 January 1961 (aged 35); near Élisabethville, State of Katanga
Cause of death	Execution
Nationality	Congolese

Czechoslovakia and Counter-Revolution
Czechoslovakia and Counter-Revolution
Author	Herbert Aptheker
Written in	1969
First published	; New Outlook Publishers

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Patrice Émery Lumumba (alternatively styled Patrice Hemery Lumumba;^[1] 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 (then Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960. He played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he led the Congolese National Movement (MNC) party from 1958 until his assassination.

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Patrice Lumumba

Born	Élias Okit'Asombo 2 July 1925 Katakokombe, Congo-Kasaï, Belgian Congo
Died	17 January 1961 (aged 35) near Élisabethville, State of Katanga
Cause of death	Execution
Nationality	Congolese