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Catherine Namugala served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until 2003. From 2003 until 2005, she served as the Deputy Minister for Community Development and Social Services. In 2006, she was re-elected to parliament, representing ''Isoka East Constituency''. Also in 2006, she was appointed Minister of Community Development and Social Services. Since then, she served as Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President, prior to being appointed Minister of Tourism and the Environment in 2008<ref>{{cite web| url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200811260522.html| title=Zambia: New Cabinet Falls Short of the SADC Gender Threshold |accessdate=10 September 2016 | first=Patson | last=Phiri |publisher=Southern African News Features via AllAfrica.com|location=Harare |date=26 November 2008 | Catherine Namugala served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until 2003. From 2003 until 2005, she served as the Deputy Minister for Community Development and Social Services. In 2006, she was re-elected to parliament, representing ''Isoka East Constituency''. Also in 2006, she was appointed Minister of Community Development and Social Services. Since then, she served as Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President, prior to being appointed Minister of Tourism and the Environment in 2008<ref>{{cite web| url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200811260522.html| title=Zambia: New Cabinet Falls Short of the SADC Gender Threshold |accessdate=10 September 2016 | first=Patson | last=Phiri |publisher=Southern African News Features via AllAfrica.com|location=Harare |date=26 November 2008}}</ref> | ||
In the [[Zambian general election, 2016|August 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections]], Namugala who belongs to the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] political party, chose not to re-contest her parliamentary seat. Instead she endorsed president Lungu's re-election bid. Lungu belongs to the ruling [[Patriotic Front]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/03/15/namugala-will-not-recontest-seat-endorses-edgar-lungu/ | title=Namugala will not recontest her seat as she endorses Edgar Lungu | | In the [[Zambian general election, 2016|August 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections]], Namugala who belongs to the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] political party, chose not to re-contest her parliamentary seat. Instead she endorsed president Lungu's re-election bid. Lungu belongs to the ruling [[Patriotic Front]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/03/15/namugala-will-not-recontest-seat-endorses-edgar-lungu/ | title=Namugala will not recontest her seat as she endorses Edgar Lungu | |
Revision as of 21:38, 13 August 2017
Catherine Namugala | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Zambian |
Citizenship | Zambia |
Education | General Certificate of Education Diploma in Catering Post Graduate Diploma in Management[1] |
Occupation | Politician |
Years active | 2001 — present |
Known for | Politics |
Title | First Deputy Speaker National Assembly |
Catherine Namugala a Zambian politician. She is the first female Deputy Speaker of the Zambian Parliament. She was nominated to that position by President Edgar Lungu, on 18 September 2016.[2] She is the former Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet.[3] She also served as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing Mafinga Constituency in the Zambian Parliament, from 2001 until 2016.[4]
Background
She was born in Mafinga Constituency, Isoka District in Zambia's Northern Province, on 2 January 1964.[1]
Career
Catherine Namugala served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until 2003. From 2003 until 2005, she served as the Deputy Minister for Community Development and Social Services. In 2006, she was re-elected to parliament, representing Isoka East Constituency. Also in 2006, she was appointed Minister of Community Development and Social Services. Since then, she served as Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President, prior to being appointed Minister of Tourism and the Environment in 2008[5]
In the August 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections, Namugala who belongs to the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy political party, chose not to re-contest her parliamentary seat. Instead she endorsed president Lungu's re-election bid. Lungu belongs to the ruling Patriotic Front.[6]
Personal details
Namugala is single.[1] She belongs to the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), political party.[7]
See also
References
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