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English: Patrice Lumumba (left center) poses with his government outside the Palais de la Nation immediately following his swearing-in ceremony. Joseph-Désiré Mobutu is fifth from the right, in sunglasses. Pierre Mulele is third from the right. Marcel Bisukiro is fourth from the left. Thomas Kanza is eighth from the right, in the back, partially obscured
Date
Source Le Courrier d’Afrique, 4 July 1961. p. 11
Author E. Zute, Inforcongo

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