General elections were held in the Belgian Congo on 22 May 1960, in order to create a government to rule the country following independence as the Republic of the Congo, scheduled for 30 June. The 137
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Gizenga, 1961
Joseph Kasa Vubu at the Belgo Congolese Round Table Conference
Patrice Lumumba, founding member and leader of the MNC
Patrice Lumumba
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Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician, independence leader and revolutionary who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic from June until September 1960, following
Lumumba in 1960
Photograph of Lumumba, c. 1950s
Lumumba pictured in Brussels at the Round Table Conference with other members of the MNC-L delegation, 26 January 1960