Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services

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The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services.

The ministry controls two publicly owned newspapers, the Times of Zambia and the Zambia Daily Mail, and has a seat on the board of the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation.[1]

History[]

The Information and Broadcasting Services portfolio was combined with Tourism during the 1960s before the two were split.

List of ministers[]

Minister Party Term start Term end
Minister of Information and Posts
United National Independence Party 1964 1965
Minister of Information and Postal Services
United National Independence Party
Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism
Sikota Wina United National Independence Party 1968 1973
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services
Amusaa Mwanamwambwa Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 1996 1996
Vernon Mwaanga Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 1999 2002
Vernon Mwaanga Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 2006 2007
Chishimba Kambwili Patriotic Front 2016 2016
Patriotic Front 2016 2018
Dora Siliya Patriotic Front 2018

Deputy ministers[]

Deputy Minister Party Term start Term end
John Mwaimba Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 2002 2003

References[]

  1. ^ About us Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services

External links[]

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