Christine Kaseba is a

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, surgeon and politician who served as the

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from September 2011 until her husband's death in October 2014. She is the

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of former

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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 ...

, who

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on October 28, 2014. Kaseba made an unsuccessful bid for

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in the January 2015 special presidential election to succeed her husband. She was appointed Zambian Ambassador to France on April 16, 2018.

Biography

Kaseba was the second wife of

, the country's president from 2011 to 2014. Christine Kaseba and Michael Sata had eight children together. Prior to marrying Kaseba, Sata had been married to his first wife, Margaret Manda. Kaseba is a long-time

and surgeon, specializing in gynecology and obstetrics, at University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka. She served as the

from 2011 until the death of her husband, President Sata, on October 28, 2014. Kaseba was appointed a World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador against violence against women, gender violence from 2012 to 2014. While serving as first lady, she led campaigns against Breast and Cervical cancer under the Forum for African First Ladies. She also significantly contributed to the 6th Stop Cervical Cancer in Africa (SCCA) conference held on July 24, 2012 in Zambia. Kaseba announced her candidacy for President of Zambia shortly after her husband's death. She filed her nomination papers on November 18, 2014, to contest the 2015 Zambian presidential election, January 2015 presidential by-election as a member of Sata's Patriotic Front (Zambia), Patriotic Front (PF). Kaseba was one of nine to compete for the PF nomination for president. However, Kaseba and the other seven PF candidates lost their party's nomination to Edgar Lungu at the party's November general conference. In 2016, it was speculated that Christine Kaseba might be chosen as the vice presidential running mate of United Party for National Development, UPND presidential nominee, Hakainde Hichilema, for the 2016 Zambian general election, 2016 election. Kaseba was not a member of UPND, but was seen as a potential counter's to President Edgar Lungu's running mate, Inonge Wina, who is also a woman, on the presidential ticket. Former acting President Guy Scott reportedly tried to persuade Hichilema to pick Kaseba as his running mate. However, Hakainde Hichilema ultimately chose Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba as his running mate over Kaseba, Canisius Banda and other potential picks. Kaseba serves on the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaseba, Christine Date of birth missing (living people) First Ladies of Zambia Ambassadors of Zambia to France Zambian obstetricians and gynaecologists Patriotic Front (Zambia) politicians 1959 births Living people