Patrice Lumumba

First Prime Minister of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960). His combative independence-day speech and appeals for Soviet help alarmed Western powers; he was deposed and assassinated in 1961 with Belgian and US complicity, becoming a martyr of African independence.

• Lived: 1925 CE – 1961 CE
• Nationality: congolese
• Roles: head_of_government, independence_leader

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• The Cold War