Amusaa Katunda Mwanamwambwa (born 15 May 1940) is a
Zambian
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former politician. He was a member of the
National Assembly
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for
Liuwa between 1991 and 1998, also holding several ministerial posts. In 1998 he became
Speaker of the National Assembly, a post he held until 2011.
Biography
Mwanamwambwa was born in 1940 into a family from
Imwambo in the
Kalabo District
Kalabo District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province. The capital lies at Kalabo
Kalabo is an urban centre in Kalabo District, in the Western Province of Zambia. The town is the headquarters of the district with the same name.
...
. He attended Mukola Primary School between 1949 and 1953, after which he was educated at
Libonda Middle School,
Lukona Upper Primary School and
Mongu
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History
Mongu ...
Secondary School, before going to
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between 1960 and 1964.
[Ng'ona Mwela Chibesakunda (2001) ''The Parliament of Zambia'', p40] Whilst at Secondary School he joined the Youth Brigade of the
United National Independence Party
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.
[
After spending a year working as an Information Assistant at the Zambia Information Services, he enrolled at ]Middlebury College
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in the United States
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in 1965, earning a BA in political science in 1969.[ In 1970 he was appointed Information Attache in the Office of the , going onto become Newspaper Manager for the Zambian Information Services in 1972. He later served as Chief Tourist Officer and managing director of the Zambia National Tourist Bureau and earned a Diploma in Tourism Planning from the ]University of Bradford
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in the United Kingdom
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.[
Mwanamwambwa joined a family business in 1987, becoming its executive director.][ He became a member of the ]Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) also known as New Hope MMD is a political party in Zambia. Originally formed to oust the previous government, MMD controlled an absolute majority in parliament between 1991 and 2001, when its past lead ...
(MMD) in 1991 and was the MMD candidate in Liuwa in the 1991 general elections, which saw him elected to the National Assembly. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism in 1993, before becoming Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development the following year. In 1995 he was made Minister of Legal Affairs, and in 1996 he was appointed Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services as well as becoming the Government Spokesperson.[
After being re-elected to the National Assembly in the 1996 general elections, Mwanamwambwa was appointed ]Minister of Tourism The Minister of Tourism is the head of the governmental department that specializes in tourism, recreation and/or culture.
The position exists in many different countries under several names:
*Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania)
* Minist ...
. He was later moved to become Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries in 1998. In November 1998 he resigned from his cabinet post and gave up his seat in the National Assembly so that he could be elected Speaker.[ He held the post until retiring in June 2011.Speaker of the National Assembly, Amusaa Mwanamwambwa has retired]
Lusaka Times, 25 June 2011
References
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1940 births
Living people
Zambian civil servants
Zambian diplomats
Middlebury College alumni
Alumni of the University of Bradford
20th-century Zambian businesspeople
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Zambia
Speakers of the National Assembly of Zambia
Sport, Youth and Child Development ministers of Zambia
Justice Ministers of Zambia
Information and Broadcasting Services ministers of Zambia
Tourism ministers of Zambia
Agriculture ministers of Zambia
Alumni of Munali Secondary School
People from Kalabo District