Patrice LumumbaBy: Sofi LaLonde & Joel Malwitz

Patrice Lumumba Helped launch Congolese national

movement in 1958 First legally elected prime minister of

the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1960

Belgium announced plan for Congolese independence, but the MNC political party boycotted; protests resulted in 30 deaths

Round Table Conference in Brussels in 1960 decided date of Congolese independence

First legally elected prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1960

Prime Minister from 1960-1961 Many riots after his election Dismissed from office September 6th, 1961 Killed while traveling on December 2nd, 1961

Sources

“Patrice Lumumba” Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2011. Web. 26 March. 2011 <http://www.britannica.com/Ebchecked/topic/351310/Patrice-Lumumba>