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Where did Patrice Lumumba grow up?
Patrice Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925 to a farmer, François Tolenga Otetshima, and his wife Julienne Wamato Lomendja, in Onalua in the Katakokombe region.
Did Patrice Lumumba have sibilings?
Patrice Lumumba had three brothers (Charles Lokolonga, Émile Kalema, and Louis Onema Pene Lumumba) and one half-brother (Tolenga Jean).
What did Patrice Lumumba go to school for?
Patrice Lumumba was educated at a Protestant primary school, a Catholic missionary school, and finally the government post office training school, where he passed the one-year course with distinction
What was Patrice Lumumba's first job?
Patrice Lumumba worked as a traveling beer salesman in Léopoldville and as a postal clerk in a Stanleyville Post Office for eleven years.

Question: When did he first hold office?
Self-contained rewrite: When did Patrice Lumumba first hold office?