Kalombo Mwansa (1955 – March 15, 2020) was a Zambian politician who served as

Defence Minister A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

Political career

Kalombo Mwansa became Zambia's Defense Minister on July 9, 2009. He was previously the

foreign minister In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...

of Zambia from July 19, 2002, until January 2005, when he switched positions with Ronnie Shikapwasha in a cabinet reshuffle and became home affairs minister until August 2005, when he became mines and development minister in another cabinet reshuffle. He became home minister again after the 2008 presidential election, serving from November 18, 2008, until July 2009 when he became Defense Minister in another cabinet reshuffle. Mwansa died on March 15, 2020, at the age of 65.

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