Esther Mwila Banda (born 4 November 1958) is a

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n former politician. She served as Member of the

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for Chililabombwe from 2006 until 2016, and was a Deputy Minister between 2011 and 2016.

Biography

Banda studied for a BA in sociology and worked as a sociologist. She contested the 2001 general elections as the

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candidate in Chililabombwe, but came second to Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate

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Election Passport In the 2006 general elections Banda was the Patriotic Front candidate and defeated Muliokela (who was then Minister of Defence), becoming the constituency's MP. She was re-elected in the

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, after which she was appointed Deputy Minister Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection. The following year she became Deputy Minister in the newly created Ministry of Gender and Child Development. In February 2015 she became Deputy Minister of Tourism and Arts after

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became President. She also held the position of National Women's Chairperson within the Patriotic Front. Banda did not run in the 2016 general elections,List of PF MPs that won’t be adopted for 2016
Zambia Watchdog, 24 August 2015 and was succeeded as Chililabombwe MP by the PF candidate

Richard Musukwa Richard Musukwa (born 28 November 1970) is a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Wusakile and Chililabombwe from 2011 to 2021. He also served as Deputy Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development from 2015 to ...

References

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