Elizabeth Nkombo Chona Muyovwe (21 November 1956 – 31 January 2021), commonly known as Elizabeth Muyovwe, was a

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

n Supreme Court Justice.

Background and education

She was born in 1956. Her father is the late

Mainza Chona Mainza Mathias Chona (21 January 1930 – 11 December 2001) was a Zambian politician and founder of UNIP who served as the third vice-president of Zambia from 1970 to 1973 and Prime Minister on two occasions: from 25 August 1973 to 27 May 1 ...

(1930 to 2001), one-time Vice President of Zambia (1970 to 1973) and Zambia's ambassador to

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(1984 to 1989). In 1979, she graduated from the

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, School of Law, with a

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. She was admitted to Zambia Bar in 1981.

Work history in Zambia

For a period of six years, from 1981 until 1987, she worked for the Zambian Ministry of Legal Affairs, as a State Attorney and as an Assistant Senior Legal Aid Counsel. She then was hired by Lima Bank Limited, as a Senior Legal Officer, serving there from 1988 until 1991. She concurrently served as a part-time research associate for "Women and Law in Southern Africa", between 1989 and 1993. She was the Vice Chairperson of the Lands Tribunal from 1996 until 1998, and established and served as the first Director of the LAZ National Legal Aid Clinic for Women between 1991 and 1998. She lectured, on a part-time basis at th
Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education
(ZIALE), from 1999 until 2003, lecturing in the area of

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. In 1998, she was appointed a Judge of the High Court of Zambia, responsible for the High Court in

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. In 2010, president

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appointed her to the Supreme Court and her appointment was ratified by parliament on 30 October 2010.

Work history at the United Nations

In 2002, Justice Elizabeth Muyovwe was appointed as an Alternate Judge of the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Death

Justice Elizabeth Muyovwe died of

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during the

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on 31 January 2021.

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