Guy-Patrice Lumumba, also known as Patrice Lumumba Guy, is the son of murdered Congolese Prime Minister and Pan-Africanist Patrice Émery Lumumba. His arrest in December 2005 was mentioned in the

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. He ran independently for President of

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in 2006, but received only about 0.42% of the vote. The

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indicates he signed a complaint regarding the elections, claiming voter bribery and excess ballot sheets. In April 2021, Lumumba declared that he opposed the return of the relics of his father, a finger and two teeth collected by

Gerard Soete Gerard Soete (29 January 1920 – 9 June 2000) was a Belgian gendarme, colonial, author, and teacher. One year before his death, in 1999, it became known that he was involved in the wake of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba by disposing of his b ...

, under the regime of

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Guy-Patrice Lumumba wants to "nationalize" the riches of the Congo (In French)
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