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Patrice Lumumba Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Patrice Lumumba, based on 3 World History Database records associated with Democratic Republic of the Congo.

3 records1925–19603 events3 places

Chronological biography

1925

Birth of Patrice Amery Lumumba2 July 1925
Politics / Mouvement National Congolais · Onalua

Born in Onalua in the Belgian Congo, later becoming a leading nationalist and the country's first prime minister.

1959

Arrest after Stanleyville Disturbances1959
Politics / Mouvement National Congolais · Stanleyville

Belgian authorities arrest Lumumba after disturbances in Stanleyville and later sentence him to imprisonment.

1960

Congo Independence30 June 1960
Government / Government of Zaire · Prime Minister of Congo · Leopoldville

Serves as prime minister as the Congo becomes independent from Belgium on 30 June 1960.

Titles and roles

Prime Minister of Congo

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.