People queue at a polling station in Kingulu in the Belgian Congo to vote for the government that will lead the territory when it gains independence from Belgium - May 1960
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The 1960 Belgian Congo general election saw Patrice Lumumba elected as the country's first Prime Minister. Source: Getty Images
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The 1960 Belgian Congo general election saw Patrice Lumumba elected as the country's first Prime Minister.
Source: Getty Images