Inonge Wina

Inonge Mutukwa Wina
Wina in 2012
13th Vice President of Zambia
In office
26 January 2015 – 24 August 2021
PresidentEdgar Lungu
Preceded byGuy Scott (2014)
Succeeded byMutale Nalumango
Minister of Gender and Child Development
In office
8 March 2012 – 25 January 2015
PresidentMichael Sata
Guy Scott (Acting)
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byNkandu Luo
Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs
In office
29 September 2011 – 8 March 2012
PresidentMichael Sata
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byEmerine Kabanshi
Member of the National Assembly for Nalolo
In office
27 December 2001 – 27 September 2006
Preceded byMubita Mwangala
Succeeded byMubita Mwangala
In office
20 September 2011 – 10 September 2016
Preceded byMubita Mwangala
Succeeded byGeorge Imbuwa
Personal details
Born (1941-04-02) 2 April 1941
Senanga, Northern Rhodesia
Political partyUPND (2001 - 2006)

ULP (2006 - 2007)

PF (2007 - 2021)
SpouseArthur Wina (d. 1995)
Children3
Alma materSanta Monica College (Dip.)
University of Zambia (BA)
ProfessionSocial worker, politician

Inonge Mutukwa Wina (born 2 April 1941) is a Zambian politician who served as the 13th Vice President from 2015 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold the position, which made her the highest ranking woman in the history of the Zambian government.[1]

Education

Wina attended primary school in Senanga, at the Barotse National School (now Kambule Secondary School) in Mongu.[2] She eventually completed her high school education at Santa Monica High School in Los Angeles, California.[2][3] She obtained a diploma in social work at Santa Monica College.[2][3] She also enrolled for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Zambia when it was first opened.[3]

Community service

Wina's involvement in community work dates back to the early 1970s when she volunteered free service to women's movements. She has served on various boards of non-governmental organisations. She was also president of the Young Women's Christian Association, where she was instrumental in promoting women's human rights agenda, resulting in the Zambian government's establishment of the Victim Support Unit under the Zambia Police Service. In 1996, she was elected National Chairperson of the NGO Coordinating Council of Zambia (NGOCC).[4][5][6]

In the Red Ribbon Campaign to defend the Zambian Constitution in 2000, Wina led the women's movement. Wina also served on the boards of Refuge Services Zambia, the Zambia Council of Social Services, the University Teaching Hospital, and the University of Zambia Council in the public sector.[7][8]

Political career

In 2001 Wina was elected as Member of Parliament of Nalolo Constituency as a candidate of the United Party for National Development.[9][10]

Wina re-contested her Nalolo seat as a United Liberal Party candidate in the 2006 general election. She lost the election and appealed the results to the High Court; the case was initially decided in her favor,[11] but the Supreme Court eventually overturned it.[12] She then joined the Patriotic Front and was appointed as the party's chairperson in 2007.[2]

Wina ran for the Nalolo seat again in the 2011 general election, this time on the Patriotic Front ticket, and won. Wina was included in President Michael Sata's initial 18-member cabinet as Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs.[13][14] On March 8, 2012, Sata, during the commemoration of International Women's Day, upgraded the gender cabinet division into a full ministry and subsequently appointed Wina as Minister of Gender and Child Development.[15][16]

On 26 January 2015, newly elected President Edgar Lungu appointed Wina as Vice President of Zambia.[17][18][19] She ran on Lungu's ticket in the 2016 general election, becoming the first woman elected as Vice President.[20] She then announced her intention to retire ahead of the 2021 general election.[21][22][23]

Personal life

She was married to Arthur Wina, an independence fighter, former minister and academic who died on 3 September 1995.[24] They had three children, two of whom are deceased. Arthur Wina was educated at Munali Secondary School which, in colonial times, was Zambia's principal secondary school for native Zambians. A number of the members of Zambia's first post-Independence cabinet, (including Arthur Wina's brother Sikota), were also educated at Munali.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Inonge Mutukwa Wina | National Assembly of Zambia". www.parliament.gov.zm. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Persona behind Vice President Inonge Mutukwa Wina – Daily Mail | Lusaka Voice". 11 April 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "A World of Change: Inonge Wina Returns to SMC". www.smc.edu. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Zambia: Mukulagate scandal involving former government officials…". Transparency.org. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Zambia: In a fair election, Lungu can't win. In an unfair one, he can't lose | African Arguments". 8 August 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Inonge Wina becomes Zambia's first female Vice President – "I want women to enjoy the same rights and benefits as men"". Demo Finland. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ "A World of Change: Inonge Wina Returns to SMC". www.smc.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Zambia : Inonge Wina's full profile". 26 January 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. ^ 2001 Presidential and Parliamentary Results - Electoral Commission of Zambia
  10. ^ Saluseki, Bivan (5 November 2001). "Zambia: UPND Adopts Inonge Wina For Nalolo". AllAfrica. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Zambia : High Court grants Mwangala stay of execution". 25 April 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Zambia: MMD's Mwangala Reclaims Parliamentary Status". AllAfrica. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Zambia: Creation of Chiefs Ministry Cheer Chiefs". AllAfrica. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  14. ^ admin (7 October 2011). "Zambia cabinet falls short of Sadc gender threshold". herald. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Zambia : President Sata upgrades Gender Division to full Cabinet Ministry, appoints Inonge Wina as Minister of Gender". Lusaka Times. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Zambia: Sata Honours Women With Ministry". AllAfrica. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  17. ^ "NGOCC Congratulates Nkandu Luo on her appointment as a running mate to President Lungu". Mwebantu. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Zambia : Inonge Wina is the new Vice President (updated)". Lusaka Times. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Zambia Gets First Female Vice President". allAfrica.com. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Zambia : President Edgar Lungu and Vice- President Inonge Wina sworn in". Lusaka Times. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  21. ^ "Zambian president appoints Nkandu Luo as running mate for Aug. 12 polls". Xinhua Net. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  22. ^ "Zambia : BRE congratulates Inonge Wina for retiring". 21 May 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  23. ^ "Zambia : President Lungu thanks Vice President Inonge Wina for the services she rendered to Zambia". Lusaka Times. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  24. ^ Jacqueline Audrey Kalley, Elna Schoeman and Lydia Eve Andor, ed. (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997. Greenwood Press. pp. 706–. ISBN 0-313-30247-2. LCCN 98-44996.
  25. ^ "Sikota Wina recounts his early days as a Politician". Lusaka Times. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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