ABOUT Patrice Émery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) - TopicsExpress



          

ABOUT Patrice Émery Lumumba (2 July 1925 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese independence leader and the first legally elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo after he helped win its independence from Belgium on 30th June 1960. Only twelve weeks later, Lumumbas government was deposed in a coup during the Congo Crisis.[1] He was subsequently imprisoned and executed 17th January 1961 by firing squad, an act that was committed with the assistance of the governments of Belgium and the United States, for which the Belgian government officially apologized in 2002.[2][3] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Lumumba
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:50:07 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015