# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrice-lumumba
# Generated: 2026-09-03T20:13:41.698Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Isaïe Tasumbu Tawosa on 2 July 1925, he led the Congolese National Movement from 1958 and became prime minister in June 1960 after the May election that followed independence from Belgium. An African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he held the role until September, when an army mutiny triggered the Congo Crisis. After a coup by Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, he tried to reach Stanleyville to join supporters who had formed the Free Republic of the Congo. State authorities captured him en route, sent him to Katanga, where separatist forces under Moïse Tshombe — aided by Belgian mercenaries — tortured and killed him on 17 January 1961, then dissolved his body in acid. Belgium admitted moral responsibility in 2002 and returned his tooth to his family in 2022.