Joseph Okito
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.
Joseph Okito | |
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| Second Vice-President of the Senate of the Republic of the Congo | |
| In office 22 June 1960 – 14 September 1960 | |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Kalonji |
| Senator from Kasai Province | |
| In office May 1960 – 17 January 1961 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 February 1910 Koyapongo, Lusambo Territory, Belgian Congo |
| Died | 17 January 1961 Near Élisabethville, State of Katanga |
| Political party | Mouvement National Congolais |
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