Besnat Hellen Mayase Jere (4 May 1952 - 7 June 2020)Besnet Hellen Jere
National Assembly of Zambia was a Zambian politician. She served as Member of the

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for Luangeni from 2002 until 2006. She was a princess and member of the Ngoni Royal Establishment as she was the granddaughter of HRH Nkosi (King) Nzamane II. Nkosi Nzamane II was the younger brother of HRH Paramount Kings of Kings Mpezeni II of the Ngoni people of Eastern Province.

Biography

Prior to entering politics, Jere was a farmer. She was previously Postmaster General (Head) of Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (PTC) in Chipata. She was the

United National Independence Party The United National Independence Party (UNIP) is a political party in Zambia. It governed the country from 1964 to 1991 under the socialist President (government title), presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, and was the sole legal party in the country ...

(UNIP) candidate in Luangeni in the 2001 general elections and was elected to the National Assembly with a 2,027-vote majority. During her first term in parliament she was a member of the

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. In the 2006 general elections UNIP joined the United Democratic Alliance, with Jere nominated as the alliance's candidate in Luangeni. However, she finished third behind Angela Cifire of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy and

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of the Patriotic Front.2006 parliamentary election results
Electoral Commission of Zambia

References

1952 births Zambian farmers Zambian women farmers Members of the National Assembly of Zambia 21st-century Zambian women politicians 21st-century Zambian politicians Members of the Pan-African Parliament from Zambia Women members of the Pan-African Parliament United National Independence Party politicians 20th-century farmers 20th-century women farmers 2020 deaths {{Zambia-politician-stub