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Patrice Lumumba

1925 - 1961

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Patrice Émery Lumumba ( pə-TREESS luu-MUUM-bə; born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa; 2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) 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 1960 election. He was the leader of the Congolese National Movement (MNC) from 1958 until his assassination in 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic. Shortly after Congolese independence in June 1960, a mutiny broke out in the army, marking the beginning of the Congo Crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrice Lumumba is the 584th most popular politician (down from 371st in 2019), the most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo and the most popular Congolese Politician.

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was assassinated in 1961 and is most famous for being the first democratically elected leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Among politicians, Patrice Lumumba ranks 584 out of 19,576. Before him are Suharto, Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Morsi, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Atahualpa, and Scipio Africanus. After him are Yongle Emperor, Theodora Porphyrogenita, Nur ad-Din, Rurik, Charles XV of Sweden, and Galerius.

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Among people born in 1925, Patrice Lumumba ranks 10. Before him are Barbara Bush, Richard Burton, B.B. King, Paul Newman, Yukio Mishima, and Mahathir Mohamad. After him are Robert Edwards, Gilles Deleuze, Alija Izetbegović, Zygmunt Bauman, Albert Bandura, and Jorge Rafael Videla. Among people deceased in 1961, Patrice Lumumba ranks 6. Before him are Carl Jung, Ernest Hemingway, Erwin Schrödinger, Zog I of Albania, and Dag Hammarskjöld. After him are Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Emily Greene Balch, Lee de Forest, Jules Bordet, Gary Cooper, and Percy Williams Bridgman.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba ranks 1 out of 107. After him are Mobutu Sese Seko (1930), Moïse Tshombe (1919), Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939), Denis Mukwege (1955), Claude Makélélé (1973), Dikembe Mutombo (1966), Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (1960), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya (1939), Antoine Gizenga (1925), and Joseph Kabila (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among politicians born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba ranks 1. After him are Mobutu Sese Seko (1930), Moïse Tshombe (1919), Laurent-Désiré Kabila (1939), Félix Tshisekedi (1963), Antoine Gizenga (1925), Joseph Kabila (1971), Étienne Tshisekedi (1932), Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi (1930), Sylvestre Ilunga (1947), Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962), and Joseph Iléo (1921).

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