Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Émery Lumumba born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa 2 July 1925 17 January 1961 was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from June until September 1960 He was the leader of the Congolese National Movement MNC from 1958 until his assassination in 1961 Ideologically an African nationalist and panAfricanist he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic