Dunstan Kamana

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Dunstan Kamana
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Office
Term start July 9, 1992
Term end September 8, 1992
Predecessor Paul J. F. Lusaka
Successor Atan Shansonga
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Dunstan Weston Kamana (19 April 1937 – 13 September 2009) was a Zambian journalist, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations former ambassador to the United States ambassador to U.S.S.R and Zambia's High Commissioner to Canada. He has also served as the Presidential Press Secretary to Kaunda.

Life and Career

Kamana was born on April 19, 1937, in Choma. He was educated at St Mark’s College in Mapanza. In January 1965 he was appointed as Presidential Press Secretary until July 1966 when he became Director of Information for two years and later became first Zambian editor in chief of Times of Zambia until 1972 when he was appointed general manager of the Dairy Produce Board and later in the same year he was sent to Moscow as ambassador where he served for only two years and was then appointed as Zambia's High Commissioner to Canada from 1974- 1976.