Humphrey Mulemba

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Humphrey Mulemba (born September 1932 in Lusaka ; † February 1998 ) was a politician in Zambia . He was one of the most important political companions of Kenneth Kaunda and Simon Kapwepwe .

Humphrey Mulemba attended St. Canisius College in Lusaka. He worked in copper mining, became a union member, and became general secretary of the General Workers Union. In 1959 he was imprisoned by the British colonial government for political activity, but released a year later. In the 1964 election in Zambia , he won a seat on the Legislative Council and became its Deputy President (Speaker), which remained until 1967, when he was appointed Deputy Minister and Cabinet Minister in 1968. As such, he was responsible for the province of Luapula . He was later Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister for Mining.

From February 18, 1981 to April 24, 1985, Humphrey Mulemba became general secretary of the United National Independence Party , making it the second most powerful man in Zambia and as much as a vice president. He was replaced by Gray Zulu. He himself switched to the diplomatic service. When the end of this dictatorship became apparent, he became a member of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy , for which he entered the Zambian National Assembly in the 1991 election in Zambia . He became Minister of Mines under Frederick Chiluba . As such, he was released in April 1993. He left the MMD faction very soon. He first became a member of the Zambian Democratic Congress founded by Dean Mung'omba in 1995 . In the 1996 election in Zambia , he ran for the National Party as a presidential candidate and won 6.66 percent of the vote. In 1998 he withdrew from politics for health reasons, although the NP strongly urged him to appear at the 1998 party congress to stop the emigration of prominent members such as Emmanuel Kasonde and Arthur Wina, who already held political offices under Kaunda.

Humphrey Mulemba died in February 1998. In 1998 he was posthumously awarded the Order of the Eagle of Zambia: second division .