biography
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Lumumba, Patrice (Hemery)
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pronunciation:
[lumumba]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1925–61)
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| biography:
| Congolese statesman and prime minister (1960), born in Katako Kombé, C Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire, and earlier Belgian Congo). He studied at a Protestant mission school, wrote essays and poems, and became an accountant. He was imprisoned for embezzlement, and on his release became active in politics, founding and leading the Congolese National Movement. When the Congo became an independent republic in June 1960 he was made premier. Almost immediately the country was plunged into chaos by warring factions, and after being deposed in September 1960, he was assassinated in 1961, becoming a national hero. |
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