Christon Tembo

Christon Tembo (* 1944 in Kasempa ; † March 6, 2009 in Lusaka ) was a lieutenant general and a politician in Zambia .

Life

Christon Tembo was a professional soldier . He received his training at the Royal Military College Camberley in England and was Lieutenant General of the Zambian Armed Forces , which he commanded as Commander in Chief from 1984 to 1987.

From 1987 to 1989 he was the Zambian ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. During the political upheaval at the end of the Second Republic , he became a member of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) in 1991 . From 1991 to 1995 Tembo was Zambian Tourism Minister and between 1995 and 1996 he was Foreign Minister. From December 1997 to 2001 he was Vice President of Zambia.

In May 2001 Tembo was expelled from the MMD party, along with eight other ministers. Tembo had spoken out against a constitutional amendment that would have allowed Frederick Chiluba a third term.

In the 2001 election in Zambia , Christon Tembo ran for the Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) as a presidential candidate and achieved the third-best result with 13 percent of the vote, although he is said to have a lack of charisma.

Christon Tembo was married to Nangamba Nellie Nachombe, with whom he had two children. You last lived on an estate near Lusaka . He was considered incorruptible, very disciplined and benevolent.

Web links

• BBC: Tembo: Waiting in the wings . BBC report of December 17, 2001 on Tembo's election campaign 2001. on www.news.bbc.co.uk (English)