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- Birth namePatrice Hemery Lumumba
- Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as the Republic of the Congo) from June until September 1960. A member of the Congolese National Movement (MNC), he led the MNC from 1958 until his assassination in January 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpousesPauline Opango(1951 - January 17, 1961) (his death, 4 children)Hortense Sombosia(June 1947 - February 1951) (divorced)Henriette Maletaua(? - 1947) (divorced)
- ChildrenJuliana LumumbaFrancois LumumbaMarie-Christine LumumbaPatrice Pierre LumumbaRoland Lumumba
- First prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960).
- Father of Juliana Lumumba, Francois Lumumba, Marie-Christine Lumumba, Patrice Pierre Clement Lumumba, and Roland Lumumba.
- Parents are: Julienne Amatu, and Francois Tolenga.
- Brother of Charles Lokolonga, Emile Kalema, and Louis Onema Pene Lumumba.
- Half-brother of Jean Tolenga.
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