Political Science 2103A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Mobutu Sese Seko, Execution By Firing Squad, Joseph Kasa-Vubu
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First elected pm of the republic of congo. Joseph-desire mobutu chief-of-staff, head of army against lumumba. Lumumba anti-belgian mobutu was supported by the us/belgium: originally placed under house arrest, and eventually escaped and was later recaptured. Book far reaching influence: belgian parliamentary investigation commission (2000); Pm asked congolese president to dismiss lumumba. No signs of belgian involvement in the actual execution. No signs of belgian prevention of the actual execution. Us highly motivated and involved in the killing of lumumba. Relations with the soviet union during the cold war era. Lumumba was a strong opponent of western/belgian colonialism: june 1960 congolese independence. The congo crisis: early july 1960. Governments decision to africanize the army and the consequent departure of. July 14th un intervention (after us turned down the request for help form. Lumumba: august 8th south kasai declares independence. Lumumba"s request for soviet help: september 5th lumumba is dismissed by president joseph kasa-vubu.