François Lumumba
Congolese politician (born 1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
François Emery Tolenga Lumumba,[3] alternatively François Hemery Flory,[4] (born 20 September 1951) is a Congolese politician, the son of Patrice Lumumba, and the leader of a faction of the Mouvement National Congolais-Lumumba (MNC-L).
François Lumumba | |
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President of the Mouvement National Congolais-Lumumba (main faction) | |
Assumed office 1982[1] or 1992[2] | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1951-09-20) 20 September 1951 (age 72) Stanleyville, Belgian Congo |
Political party | Mouvement National Congolais-Lumumba (MNC-L) |
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Relatives | Guy-Patrice Lumumba (brother) |
Education | Economic University of Budapest Graduate Institute of International Studies |
François' father Patrice Lumumba was the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but he was overthrown and murdered during the Congo Crisis. Already studying in Egypt for his own safety at the time of the assassination, François Lumumba spent the next decades in exile. He became a leading figure and eventually the party leader of a major faction of the MNC-L, the party of his father. In this position, he attempted to unite various exiled opposition groups and to support rebellions against the Congoloese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. After Mobutu's downfall in the 1990s, Lumumba returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to participate in democratic politics and support efforts to stop the Second Congo War. He has achieved little success in national politics.