Tati Loutard joined the Congolese cultural movement and became Minister of Higher Education in 1975; he was subsequently Minister of Culture and Arts from 1977 to 1991. He participated in the February–June 1991 National Conference as a representative of the government and was included on the National Conference's committee for the drafting of internal regulations. After a period teaching, he returned to the government after the June–October 1997 civil war as Minister of Hydrocarbons on 2 November 1997. He was promoted to the rank of Minister of State, while retaining the Hydrocarbons portfolio, on 7 January 2005.