Luc Adamo Matéta

Luc Daniel Adamo Matéta is a politician from the Republic of the Congo, born on October 30, 1949 in Kintamba, in the department of Bouenza, to a father originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a mother native to Congo‑Brazzaville.

He holds a degree in statistical engineering and a PhD in economics from Moscow University. He began his career as a specialist in economic and statistical matters before being appointed in 1982 as the first Director General of the Industries of Congo.

Since 2002, Matéta has held the position of Minister Delegate to the Presidency with the rank of High Commissioner within the presidential cabinet of Denis Sassou N'Guesso.

He is the President of URDC, the Union for the Reconstruction and Development of the Congo, a political party that he founded and leads.

Matéta also serves as General Coordinator of the Rally of Centrist Parties (RPC) in the Republic of the Congo, a political platform that brings together several centrist parties and promotes pragmatism, political realism and patriotism.

An influential yet discreet political figure, he is also involved in international networks of dialogue and reflection.He is a member of the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual event in Washington D.C. held at the White House that brings together the President of the United States, members of the U.S. Congress, diplomats, foreign leaders, public figures.

He was Minister of the Budget and the Coordination of Financial Administration in the government of President Pascal Lissouba in Congo-Brazzaville from 1995 to 1997. Matéta was a candidate in the 2002 presidential election and deputy in the MCDDI political party of former Prime Minister Bernard Kolélas in 1992.

He has repeatedly served as a mediator with the opposition and enjoys a reputation for integrity within the Congolese political landscape..

Matéta is multilingual, he speaks French, Russian, English, Lingala and Kintumba.

In 2007, he succeeded Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, the First Lady of the Republic of the Congo, as president of the National Coordination Committee (CCN) for projects funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

In 2006, under the auspices of the First Lady, the CCN had secured US$45 million in funding for the Congo for HIV/AIDS programs.

In 2018, an avenue located in front of the Lycée Français Saint-Exupéry in Brazzaville, in the district of Bacongo, was named in his honor: Rue Adamo Mateta.

Luc Adamo Mateta is also a major landowner in the Republic of Congo. He manages a vast agricultural estate of over 1,638 hectares in Nkayi, in the Bouenza region, roughly equivalent to 3,216 football fields, passed down from his family. This estate includes crop cultivation, cattle farming, fish farming, as well as a slaughterhouse and a food processing unit.