Luanda – Former minister of Agriculture Gilberto Buta Lutucuta died early Friday in Luanda, victim of illness, a family source told Angop Friday.
Gilberto Lutucuta, 80, was taken to the Sagrada Esperança hospital in Talatona, Luanda, after he complained of malaise.
In addition to the position of Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Mindader), a position he held until 2007, Lutucuta was also Angolan ambassador to Côte D’Ivoire until 2019.
He was also Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, accredited in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
Gilberto Lutucuta, father of the Health minister, Sílvia Lutucuta, was born in Bailundo, central Huambo province.
He retired from public life in 2019.
Source: Angola Press News Agency