Joseph Bonaventure Lutula La Puku Pene Omasumbu was a Congolese politician who served as Minister of Agriculture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960.
10 Facts About Joseph Lutula
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Joseph Lutula reassumed the post in 1961 and held it until April 1963, when he was appointed Minister of Middle Classes and Community Development.
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Joseph Lutula was born on 6 October 1927 in the village of Usumba-Wembo-Nyama, Katako-Kombe Territory, Belgian Congo to a Tetela family.
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Joseph Lutula served as the secretary of a Protestant Tetela association in Leopoldville.
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Later, several Tetela syndicates conglomerated into the Groupement Batetela and Lutula was chosen as its secretary.
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Joseph Lutula joined the Mouvement National Congolais, and after the party split he aligned himself with Lumumba's faction, serving on the central committee.
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The participants resolved to create an Association des Akutshu-Anamongo to assist the MNC in the upcoming general elections in Kasai Province, and Joseph Lutula was given control of its permanent secretariat.
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Joseph Lutula received 11,917 preferential votes and won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies.
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Joseph Lutula was appointed by Prime Minister Lumumba to serve as Minister of Agriculture in his government of the newly independent Republic of the Congo.
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Joseph Lutula died at 20:00 on 17 March 2008 at the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa following cardiac issues.