Daniel Muchiwa Lisulo (6 December 1930 – 21 August 2000) was the 3rd

Prime Minister of Zambia The prime minister of Zambia was the head of government of Zambia. From 1973 to 1975, Mainza Chona was the first person to hold the position following independence from the United Kingdom (Kenneth Kaunda was the only prime minister of Northe ...

from June 1978 until February 1981.

Biography

Born in

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, Zambia. He graduated from

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(then Madras),

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, India. Lisulo married Mary Mambo in 1967; she died in 1976, leaving Lisulo with two daughters. Lisulo served as the director of the Bank of Zambia from 1964 to 1977 before becoming Prime Minister. He was a member of Parliament from 1977 to 1983, after which, he went into private law practice. He later joined the National Party, and was the party's interim president at the time of his death. He died on 21 August 2000, in the Sun Hill Hospital in

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.Zambia: National Party Chief Lisulo Dies
All Africa, 22 August 2000

References

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