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.

Jan 13, 2025 · Patrice Lumumba was an African nationalist leader who briefly served as the first prime minister of the newly independent Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960) before being forced out of office during a political crisis; he was assassinated in early 1961.

Oct 30, 2023 · It was Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s Prime Minister, who left an impression when he rose to speak next. A slim, enigmatic man, Lumumba was the most important politician in the country, and the...

Jun 3, 2022 · Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the independent nation, the Republic of Congo, was born July 2, 1925, in Onalua in Kasai province of the Belgian Congo. With just primary education, Lumumba emerged to become one of Africa’s most vocal critics of colonialism.

Jun 25, 2020 · Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese politician, pan-Africanist, social activist and independence fighter who devoted his entire life to gain Congolese independence from Belgium. Lumumba went on to become the first Prime Minister of an independent Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Belgian Congo).

Patrice Émery Lumumba (July 2, 1925 – January 17, 1961) was the only elected leader of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (called the Republic of the Congo at the time, but this should not be confused with today's Republic of the Congo).

Patrice Lumumba, (born July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo—died January 1961, Katanga province, Republic of the Congo), African nationalist leader, first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June–September 1960).

Jan 17, 2025 · Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Shortly before noon on a Thursday in June 1960, 34-year-old Patrice Lumumba stepped up to the podium at the Palace of the Nation in Leopoldville...

Nov 13, 2014 · Patrice Emery Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day the Democratic Republic of Congo). . Lumumba’s tribe was the Batetela (Tetela) which is a dynamic branch of the Mongo-Nkutshu family of central Congo [1] .

The Congolese political leader Patrice Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925 in Onalua, Kasai province, a little village flanked by two large Christian missions, one Catholic, the other Protestant, both allied with the Belgian colonial authorities.