Ministry of Local Government (Zambia)

The Ministry of Local Government is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of Local Government.

In 2012 the Environmental Protection portfolio was transferred to the and the Early Education portfolio to the , with the department renamed the Ministry of Local Government and Housing.^[1]

In 2016 Housing was transferred from the local government portfolio to the .^[2]

List of ministers[]

Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Member for Health and Local Government
		1949	1953
Member for Health, Lands and Local Government
	Federal Party	1954	1956
Member for Lands and Local Government
	Federal Party	1956	1958
Minister of Local Government
	United Federal Party	1959	1959
Minister of Local Government and Social Welfare
	United Federal Party	1959	1961
H.L. Jones		1961	1962
		1962	1962
Kenneth Kaunda	United National Independence Party	1962	1964
Minister of Local Government
Nalumino Mundia	United National Independence Party	1964
Sikota Wina	United National Independence Party	1964	1968
Minister of Local Government and Housing
Sylvia Masebo	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	2003	2005
Sylvia Masebo	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	2006	2008
Minister of Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection
Nkandu Luo	Patriotic Front	2011	2012
Minister of Local Government and Housing
Nkandu Luo	Patriotic Front	2012	2013
Emmanuel Chenda	Patriotic Front	2014	2015
John Phiri	Patriotic Front	2015
	Patriotic Front	2016	2016
Minister of Local Government
	Patriotic Front	2016

Deputy ministers[]

Deputy Minister	Party	Term start	Term end
Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing
John Mwaimba	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	2004	2006
Deputy Minister of Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection
Esther Banda	Patriotic Front	2011	2012

References[]

^ Parliament approves the new ministries recently created by President Sata Lusaka Times, 8 March 2012
^ Parliament to debate creation of four new Ministries Lusaka Times, 27 October 2016

External links[]

Official website

[1] Parliament approves the new ministries recently created by President Sata Lusaka Times, 8 March 2012

[2] Parliament to debate creation of four new Ministries Lusaka Times, 27 October 2016

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