Harry Kalaba (born 12 June 1976 in Mansa District, Luapula Province) is a

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n politician and the current president for the Citizens First Party. He had served as

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of Zambia from March 2014 to January 2018. He is a former member of Patriotic Front. He served as the Member of Parliament for Bahati from August 2011 to February 2019. After leaving the Patriotic Front party in 2019, he was chosen to stand as the presidential candidate at the

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for the

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. In July 2022, he left the Democratic Party after several issues and in October 2022, he became the president of the ''Citizens First Party.''

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Living people Patriotic Front (Zambia) politicians Foreign Ministers of Zambia 1976 births Environment ministers of Zambia {{Zambia-politician-stub

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