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Definition: Lumumba, Patrice Emergy from Philip's Encyclopedia

Congolese statesman, prime minister (1960-61) of Congo. He was leader of the Congolese nationalist movement against the Belgians and became first premier of the independent Republic of the Congo. The country plunged into civil war when the province of Katanga tried to secede. Lumumba appealed to the United Nations (UN) for assistance and a peace-keeping force was sent. Mobutu dismissed and imprisoned him. Lumumba escaped, but was recaptured and killed.

Lumumba, Patrice Emergy

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(pӘtrēs' ĕmârzhē' lōmōm'bä), 1925–61, prime minister (1960) of the Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). A member of the Batatele tribe, he was educated in mission schools and later worked as a postal clerk. He became a member of the permanent committee of the All-African Peoples Conference (founded in Accra, 1958) and president of the Congolese National Movement, an influential political party. After the uprising (Jan., 1959) in the Congo, he fled the country to escape arrest but soon returned. Late in 1959, accused of instigating public violence, he was jailed by the Belgians but was released (1960) to participate in the Brussels Congo conference, where he emerged as a leading negotiator. When the Republic of the Congo came into existence (June, 1960) Lumumba was its first premier and minister of defense. Shortly after independence, the army mutinied, the Belgian government flew in troops to protect Belgian citizens, and Katanga province declared its…
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Full text Article Lumumba, Patrice (1925-1961)

From Encyclopedia of African History
Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba (second from left)...
A recognized African leader on the international stage for little more than two years before he was murdered, Lumumba nonetheless became an icon for newly independent Africa, all the more so because of the belief that the West had played a role in his death. Lumumba founded the Mouvement National…
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Full text Article Lumumba, Patrice 1925–1961

From Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
On January 17, 1961, in Congo's southernmost province of Katanga (present-day Shaba), the first prime minister of an independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba, and two of his comrades were shot. Their assassination followed hours of horrific torture. A Belgian officer organized the firing squad; the three…
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Full text Article LUMUMBA, Patrice (1925-1961)

From The Encyclopedia of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
A farmer's son, Patrice Lumumba was born at Katako Kombe in the Kasai Province of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), on July 2, 1925. From age 18 to 33 he worked variously as a nurse's aide, a postal clerk, and a volunteer librarian while immersing himself in organized labor…
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(b. 1925–d. 1961) first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Patrice Lumumba was the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Born in Kasai Province in the eastern Congo, he came from a small tribe or ethnic group—the Batatele. This background was to handicap…
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Full text Article Lumumba, Patrice (Hemery)

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(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). Lumumba worked as a trade-union organizer before founding the Mouvement National…
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From 50 Speeches That Made The Modern World
Patrice Hemery Lumumba (1925–61) helped form the Mouvement national congolais (MNC) in 1958 to challenge Belgian rule and, when Congo became an independent republic, became its first prime minister (1960). He sought a unified Congo and opposed the secession of Katanga Province under Moise Tshombe. …
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Note: The offices listed are only those relevant to the individual's role in the Cold War and international affairs. Acheson, Dean (1893-1971). United States. Secretary of state, 1949-1953. Adenauer, Konrad (1876-1967). West Germany. Chancellor, 1949-1963. Albright, Madeleine (1937-). United States. …
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Full text Article Lumumba, Patrice Emergy

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(pӘtrēs' ĕmârzhē' lōmōm'bä), 1925–61, prime minister (1960) of the Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). A member of the Batatele tribe, he was educated in mission schools and later worked as a postal clerk. He became a member of the permanent committee of the All-African…
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