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Also Known As Patrice Hemery Lumumba
Born July 2, 1925
Died January 17, 1961 (aged 35) • Katanga
Title / Office prime minister (1960-1960), Democratic Republic of the Congo

Did You Know?

  • In 1960, President Eisenhower reportedly told the CIA director that he wanted Lumumba "eliminated."
  • The American and Belgian governments are widely understood to have been involved in Lumumba's death.
  • Joseph Mobutu, the later dictator of the Congo, was one of Lumumba's captors.

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