Joseph Okito

Joseph Okito
Second Vice-President of the Senate of the Republic of the Congo
In office
22 June 1960 – 14 September 1960
Succeeded byIsaac Kalonji
Senator from Kasai Province
In office
May 1960 – 17 January 1961
Personal details
Born(1910-02-05)5 February 1910
Koyapongo, Lusambo Territory, Belgian Congo
Died17 January 1961(1961-01-17) (aged 50)
Near Élisabethville, State of Katanga
PartyMouvement National Congolais

Joseph Okito (5 February 1910 – 17 January 1961) was a Congolese politician and close political ally to Patrice Lumumba who briefly served as Second Vice-President of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Republic of the Congo). He was executed alongside Lumumba in Katanga in 1961.

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