Vital Balla
Vital Balla is a Congolese politician. In 1972 he was included as a member of the Central Committee of the Congolese Party of Labour, and he remained a member of that body until 1991.
As of 2000, Balla was the second vice-president of the committee appointed to oversee the ceasefire in Brazzaville.
Balla is the president of the Congolese Association for Friendship with the Peoples, a position he has held since 1974. As of 1984, he served as vice president of the World Peace Council. In 2010 he was awarded the China-Africa Friendship Award, along with personalities such as Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia. In October 2011 Balla was awarded the Cuban Friendship Medal by ICAP.
