Lumumba Government
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The Lumumba Government, also known as the Lumumba Ministry or Lumumba Cabinet, was the first set of ministers, ministers of state, and secretaries of state who governed the Democratic Republic of the
Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba (left center, wearing bow tie) with his government outside the Palais de la Nation following its investiture
Patrice Lumumba, founding member and leader of the MNC
Opening meeting of the Belgo-Congolese Round Table Conference on 20 January 1960
Lumumba waves to his supporters in Stanleyville
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 Government
…state, and secretaries of state who governed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo) under the leadership of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba from 24 June until 12 September 1960. The government inherited many problems from the era of the Belgian Congo, a tightly administered colony which for…
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