Nkandu Luo

Nkandu Phoebe Luo (born December 21, 1951 ) is a Zambian doctor, university professor and politician of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) and currently the Patriotic Front (PF).

Life

Nkandu Luo completed a degree in medicine and later a postgraduate degree in immunology and microbiology , each of which she completed with a Master of Science (M.Sc. Immunology and M.Sc. Microbiology). She also earned a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. Immunology). She then worked as an immunologist and microbiologist. In 1996 she was elected as a candidate of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) to the National Assembly of Zambia , where she represented the constituency of Mandevu until 2001 . In 1997, Nkandu Luo became the first woman in Zambia to take up a professorship as professor of microbiology. At the same time, she was initially Vice Minister of Health between 1997 and 1999 before she was appointed Minister of Health in his cabinet by President Frederick Chiluba in 1999 . In the course of a government reshuffle, she then took over the office of Minister for Communications and Transport in the Chiluba government between 1999 and 2001.

She was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate for the Patriotic Front (PF) in the 2011 elections and re-elected in the August 11, 2016 election, and represents the Munali constituency . In September 2011, Nkandu Luo was appointed Minister of Local Government and Housing to President Michael Sata's cabinet . As part of a government reshuffle , she took over the post of Minister for Chief and Traditional Affairs in July 2012, while Emerine Kabanshi succeeded her as Minister for Local Government and Housing. After Sata's death on October 28, 2014, she retained the post of Minister for Chiefs and Traditional Affairs in the cabinet of his acting successor Guy Scott and in the cabinet of Edgar Lungu , who took over the office of President on January 25, 2015. However, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, she became Minister for Equality and Child Development in February 2015. After another cabinet reshuffle, she finally became Minister for Higher Education in September 2016 following the parliamentary elections on August 11, 2016.

publication

• Health and healthcare access among Zambia's female prisoners: a health systems analysis , in: International journal for equity in health , September 26, 2016, No. 1 (co-author)

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly of Zambia
• Entry in the Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership