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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.

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