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- NAME: Patrice Lumumba
- OCCUPATION: Activist, Prime Minister
- BIRTH DATE: July 02, 1925
- DEATH DATE: January 17, 1961
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Onalua, Katakokombe, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- PLACE OF DEATH: Elisabethville, State of Katanga, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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Patrice Lumumba was an African nationalist leader and the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo who was an key figure in the Congo Crisis.
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Patrice Lumumba was an African nationalist leader and the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is best known for the impact on the Congo Crisis and subsequent murder which led to incredible outcry in Africa. The circumstances surrounding his death is still a mystery although there is speculation that it was a US-sponsored plot.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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