Vital Balla
Vital Balla (December 13, 1936 – August 24, 2025) was a Congolese politician. He is the co-founder of the Congolese Association for Friendship Among Peoples (ACAP).
Balla was born in Madingou, Bouenza on December 13th, 1936. He entered public service in 1956 and was the co-establisher of the Congolese Association for Friendship Among Peoples (ACAP) in 1965. He became the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Cuba in 1976. Later, in Brazzaville, Balla served as deputy to the People's National Assembly in 1989 as well as a member of the Higher Council of the Republic in 1991. Balla also became a presidential envoy in 2011.