Mainza Chona

Mainza Mathias Chona ( born June 21, 1930 in Nampeyo, Monze, † December 11, 2001 in Johannesburg, South Africa ) was a Zambian politician, vice president of his country and two-time prime minister.

Life

Born as Sikaye Chingula Namukamba son of a chief studied law and worked as a lawyer later.

After the independence of Zambia in 1964 he was elected a member of the National Assembly and first represented the constituency Livingstone, 1968 by the Mankayo ​​.

Already in the first government of President Kenneth Kaunda 1964 he was Minister of Justice. From 1968 to 1969, he was then Minister of the Interior. He was then to 1970 Minister of the Central Province, Minister without portfolio, Minister for Provincial and Local Government. From 1970 to 1973 he was ambassador to the United States. In 1972 he headed beyond a commission to reform the constitution. This means that Zambia a one-party state was, with the " United National Indepence Party" UNIP as a state party.

From August 25 1973 to 27 May 1975 and from 20 July 1977 to 15 June 1978, he was the Prime Minister of Zambia. In between, he held the offices of Minister for Legal Affairs and the Attorney General.

In 1978 he became Secretary General of UNIP and also vice president. These offices he held until 1981. Subsequently several years worked as a lawyer before he was 1984-1989 Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. Then he was in France until 1992 Ambassador.

Mainza Chona, who was one of the most prominent politicians of independent Zambia, also a delegate was often at international congresses and Chairman of the UN Inter Action Council of former heads of government.

He was also the author of the novella " Kabuca Uleta Tunji ".