Mutale Nalumango
Mutale Nalumango | |
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.jpg) Nalumango in 2020 | |
| 14th Vice President of Zambia | |
| Assumed office 24 August 2021 | |
| President | Hakainde Hichilema |
| Preceded by | Inonge Wina |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia | |
| In office 2006–2011 | |
| President | Levy Mwanawasa Rupiah Banda |
| Speaker | Amusaa Mwanamwambwa |
| Member of the National Assembly of Zambia | |
| In office 27 December 2001 – 20 September 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Bupe |
| Succeeded by | Maxas Ng'onga |
| Constituency | Kaputa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1955 Kaputa, Zambia |
| Political party | MMD (2001-2013) UPND (2013-present) |
| Spouse | Max Lubinda Nalumango |
W.K. Mutale Nalumango (born 1 January 1955) is a Zambian educator and politician. She currently serves as the 14th Vice President of Zambia, having been elected to the position in August 2021. Nalumango is only the second woman to hold this position, which is considered one of the most significant political roles in the country.[1]
Career
Mutale, born in 1955 in Kaputa, is a teacher by profession. She served as Secondary Schools’ Teachers Union of Zambia vice-president[2][3][4] before entering politics in 2001 and was elected as member of parliament for Kaputa constituency at the 2001 general election as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate.[2][5][3][4]
Under the Levy Mwanawasa's first term as President, Nalumango served in several positions, including as the Labour and Social Security minister and Information and Broadcasting Services minister.[2][3][4] As Information and Broadcasting Services 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.[6]
After being re-elected as member of parliament for Kaputa in 2006, she stood for deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia and won unopposed, becoming the first female to hold that position.[7][2][4][3] At the 2011 elections she lost her parliamentary seat to Maxas Ng'onga of the Patriotic Front.[4] She then decided to join the United Party for National Development 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.[8][9][4]
At the 2021 general election, she became the Vice President of Zambia after the UPND won the presidential election,[1][10] becoming only the second woman after her predecessor (Inonge Wina) to hold the position.[10][4]
References
- ^ a b "W.K Mutale Nalumango | National Assembly of Zambia". www.parliament.gov.zm. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Zambia: Vice President Mutale Nalumango's modest upbringing should help break stereotypes and the entrenched cycle of female exclusion". The New African Woman. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Profiles In Leadership: Mutale Nalumango". Open Zambia. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g "ZAMBIA: Mutale Nalumango is the Country's Second Woman Vice President". www.mewc.org. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Tutu, Arnold (4 December 2024). "Vice President NALUMANGO releases Autobiography - ZNBC-Just for you". ZNBC-Just for you. Archived from the original on 30 May 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
- ^ "Zambia : Richard Sakala wants his TV back". LusakaTimes.com. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "How educated is your local MP?". Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ Digest, Zambian (19 May 2021). "Hichilema Unveils Mutale Nalumango As Running-Mate; Holds Huge Rally After Nominations". Zambian Digest. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ "MUTALE NALUMANGO APPOINTED AS UPND VEEP". Radio Christian Voice. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Zambia's parliament swears in new lawmakers". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
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[n] No such post between 1973–1991. Replaced with Secretary General of Ruling Party and Prime Minister | ||