Catherine Namugala Explained

Catherine Namugala
Term End:2011
Term Start:2008
Order:Minister of Tourism and the Environment
President:Rupiah Banda
Term End2:2016
Term Start2:2001
Order2:Member of the National Assembly for Mafinga
President2:Michael Sata
Guy Scott
Edgar Lungu
Order3:First Deputy Speaker
Term End3:2021
Term Start3:September 2016
President3:Edgar Lungu
Birth Place:Isoka, Zambia
Birth Date:2 January 1966
Birth Name:Catherine Namugala

Catherine Namugala a Zambian politician. She was the First Deputy Speaker of the Zambian Parliament until 2021. She was nominated to that position by President Edgar Lungu, on 18 September 2016.[1] She is the former Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet.[2] She also served as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing Mafinga (previously known as Isoka East) in the Zambian Parliament from 2001 until 2016.[3]

Work History

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. 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[4] In February 2010, Catherine Namugala was awarded the African Tourism Minister Of The Year Award, beating six contestants from Ghana, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.[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 for the Patriotic Front.[6]

Personal details

Mrs. Catherine Namugala is single. She belongs to the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), political party.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12 November 2016 . President Lungu nominates MMD's Catherine Namugala as First Deputy Speaker . 18 September 2016 . . Headlines.
  2. Web site: Zambian Minister of Environment to visit Finland . Press Releases . 18 May 2010 . Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland . Helsinki . 10 September 2016.
  3. Web site: Headlines. . MPs and their benefits: What's the way forward? . 10 September 2016 . 18 August 2016 . Lusaka.
  4. Web site: Zambia: New Cabinet Falls Short of the SADC Gender Threshold . 10 September 2016 . Patson . Phiri . Southern African News Features via AllAfrica.com. Harare . 26 November 2008.
  5. Web site: Namugala shortlisted for African tourism award . 10 September 2016 . 14 February 2010 . . General News . Lusaka.
  6. Web site: Namugala will not recontest her seat as she endorses Edgar Lungu . . 15 March 2016 . Headlines . 12 November 2016.
  7. Web site: Movement for Multiparty Democracy Members of Parliament . 10 September 2016 . 1 May 2014 . Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) . MDD . Lusaka . https://web.archive.org/web/20160505022346/http://mmdzambia.org/about-mmd/mmd-mps/ . 5 May 2016 . dead .

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