Gabriel Kanyenda Maka (died 2011) 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 politician and diplomat. He served as Member of the

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for

Kapiri Mposhi Kapiri Mposhi is a Zambian town, seat of the Kapiri Mposhi District, Central Province. Located north of Lusaka, it stands on the Great North Road and is significant for the railway connection between Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka ...

from 1991 until 1996 and was the Zambian Ambassador to Egypt between 2003 and 2004.

Biography

Maka contested the Kapiri Mposhi seat as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate in the 1991 general elections and was elected with a 4,300 majority over his

United National Independence Party The United National Independence Party (UNIP) is a political party in Zambia. It governed the country from 1964 to 1991 under the socialist presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, and was the sole legal party in the country between 1973 and 1990. On 4 A ...

opponent. He was subsequently appointed Minister of Community Development and Social Services and later Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training and

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. He ran for re-election in the

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, but was defeated by independent candidate Macdonald Nkabika by a margin of 294 votes.Central Province election results 1996
Electoral Commission of Zambia In 1998 Maka was appointed High Commissioner to Nigeria. He subsequently served as Ambassador to Egypt between 2003 and 2004. He died in 2011.The Week in Pictures(updated)
Lusaka Times, 11 February 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maka, Gabriel Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians Members of the National Assembly of Zambia Community Development and Social Services ministers of Zambia Higher Education ministers of Zambia Tourism ministers of Zambia Zambian diplomats Ambassadors of Zambia to Egypt Year of birth missing 2011 deaths