Mutale Nalumango

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Mutale Nalumango
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14th Vice President of Zambia
Assumed office
24 August 2021
PresidentHakainde Hichilema
Preceded byInonge Wina
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia
In office
2006–2011
PresidentLevy Mwanawasa
Rupiah Banda
SpeakerAmusaa Mwanamwambwa
Member of the National Assembly of Zambia
In office
27 December 2001 – 20 September 2011
Preceded by
Succeeded by
ConstituencyKaputa
Personal details
Born (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955 (age 67)
NationalityZambian
Political partyMMD
UPND
Spouse(s)Max Lubinda Nalumango

Mutale Nalumango (born 1 January 1955) is an educator and politician who is the 14th and current vice president of Zambia, the second woman to hold the position. She previously served as vice-president of the Secondary Schools’ Teachers Union of Zambia before resigning to begin her political career in 2001. She first became a member of the National Assembly in 2001 as a member of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy, representing the Kaputa Constituency. She later served as deputy minister of information and deputy speaker in parliament, the first woman to hold that position.

Career[]

Mutale, born in 1955, is a teacher by profession. She served as Secondary Schools’ Teachers Union of Zambia vice-president before entering politics in 2001 and was elected member of parliament for Kaputa in 2001 under the MMD.

She also served as information and broadcasting minister under the Levy Mwanawasa's government. As information and broadcasting minister, her actions raised concerns on press freedom in Zambia after police raided Richard Sakala’s Omega TV following a letter written by then-solicitor general Sunday Nkonde in which he stated that the TV station was operating illegally and needed to be shut down.[1] In her second term as member of parliament for Kaputa in 2006 she stood for deputy speaker[2] of the National Assembly of Zambia and won unopposed, becoming the first ever female to hold that position. After the 2011 elections she lost her parliamentary seat to of PF. She then joined the UPND where she was appointed the party’s national chairwoman in 2013, a position she held until February 2021 when she became the vice president of the party.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Zambia : Richard Sakala wants his TV back". LusakaTimes.com. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  2. ^ "How educated is your local MP?". Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ^ Digest, Zambian (19 May 2021). "Hichilema Unveils Mutale Nalumango As Running-Mate; Holds Huge Rally After Nominations". Zambian Digest. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ "MUTALE NALUMANGO APPOINTED AS UPND VEEP". Radio Christian Voice. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice-President of Zambia
2021–present 		Incumbent
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