Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (born 15 March 1959) is a Zambian businessman and politician who served as Member of

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...

for Kasama Central from 2009 to 2016. He later served as Vice President of the

United Party for National Development The United Party for National Development (UPND) is a social liberal political party in Zambia, led by Hakainde Hichilema, the current president of the country. The party is an observer member of the Africa Liberal Network. History The UPND was ...

. Under the Patriotic Front government of President

Michael Sata Michael Charles Chilufya Sata (6 July 1937 – 28 October 2014) was a Zambian politician who was the fifth president of Zambia, from 23 September 2011 until his death on 28 October 2014. A social democrat, he led the Patriotic Front (PF), a maj ...

, he served as

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from 2011 to 2013. Mwamba was expelled from the ruling PF in February 2014. On 23 July 2015, he endorsed the main opposition party, the United Party for National Development (UPND)."GBM crosses floor – Lungu"
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, 23 July 2015. On 3 June 2016, he was selected to stand as the running mate of UPND candidate

Hakainde Hichilema Hakainde Hichilema (born 4 June 1962) is a Zambian businessman, farmer, and politician who is the seventh and current president of Zambia since 24 August 2021. After having contested five previous elections in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 20 ...

in the August 2016 presidential election. However, he unceremoniously left the

and returned to the Patriotic Front party in 2019.

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