Amusaa Katunda Mwanamwambwa (15 May 1940 – 21 October 2023) was a Zambian politician. He was a member of the

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for Liuwa between 1991 and 1998, also holding several ministerial posts. In 1998 he became Speaker of the National Assembly, a post he held until 2011.

Biography

Mwanamwambwa was born in 1940 into a family from Imwambo in the

Kalabo District Kalabo District is a district of Zambia, located in Western Province. The capital lies at Kalabo. As of the 2022 Zambian Census, the district had a population of 111,769 people.

. He attended Mukola Primary School between 1949 and 1953, after which he was educated at Libonda Middle School, Lukona Upper Primary School and

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Secondary School, before going to

Munali Secondary School Munali Secondary School is a state-funded secondary school located on the Great East Road in Lusaka, Zambia. Munali was the first secondary school for black students in Zambia's history. Some of its alumni are notable Zambian politicians and publi ...

between 1960 and 1964.Ng'ona Mwela Chibesakunda (2001) ''The Parliament of Zambia'', p40 Whilst at Secondary School he joined the Youth Brigade of the

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. After spending a year working as an Information Assistant at the Zambia Information Services, he enrolled at

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in the United States in 1965, earning a BA in political science in 1969. In 1970 he was appointed Information Attache in the Office of the Zambian Permanent Representative to the Headquarters of the United Nations, going onto become Newspaper Manager for the Zambian Information Services in 1972. He later served as Chief Tourist Officer and managing director of the Zambia National Tourist Bureau and earned a Diploma in Tourism Planning from the

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in the United Kingdom. Mwanamwambwa joined a family business in 1987, becoming its executive director. He became a member of the

Movement for Multi-Party Democracy The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) also known as New Hope MMD is a political party in Zambia. Originally formed to oust the previous government, MMD controlled an absolute majority in parliament between 1991 and 2001, when its past lead ...

(MMD) in 1991 and was the MMD candidate in Liuwa in the 1991 general elections, which saw him elected to the National Assembly. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism in 1993, before becoming Minister of Sport, Youth and Child Development the following year. In 1995 he was made Minister of Legal Affairs, and in 1996 he was appointed Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services as well as becoming the Government Spokesperson. After being re-elected to the National Assembly in the

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, Mwanamwambwa was appointed

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. He was later moved to become Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries in 1998. In November 1998 he resigned from his cabinet post and gave up his seat in the National Assembly so that he could be elected Speaker. He held the post until retiring in June 2011. Mwanamwambwa died on 21 October 2023 at the age of 83.Ex Speaker Amusaa Mwanamwambwa dies
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