| Chitalu Chilufya | |
| Office: | Minister of Health |
| Term: | August 2016 – January 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Joseph Kasonde |
| Successor: | Jonas Chanda |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Health |
| Term Start2: | 2015 |
| Term End2: | 2016 |
| Office3: | Member of the Member of the National Assembly for Mansa Central |
| Term Start3: | 2013 |
| Predecessor3: | Kennedy Sakeni |
| Party: | Patriotic Front |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Zambia |
| Residence: | Lusaka, Zambia |
| Occupation: | Physician |
Chitalu Chilufya (born 15 July 1972) is a Zambian physician and politician. He is currently a Member of the National Assembly for Mansa Central. He was Minister of Health from August 2016 to January 2021.[1]
Chilufya grew up in the Kaunda Square area of Lusaka.[2] He studied medicine at the University of Zambia and worked as a physician.[3] He was chosen as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate to contest the Mansa Central seat in the 2011 general elections. However, he was defeated by Kennedy Sakeni of the Patriotic Front.[4] Sakeni died in 2013 and Chilufya was adopted as the Patriotic Front candidate for the subsequent by-election, despite the party having labelled him as a thief in the 2011 election campaign,[5] and was elected to the National Assembly with an 8,392-vote majority.[6]
In February 2015 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Health. After retaining his seat in the 2016 general elections and increasing his majority to over 22,000,[7] he was promoted to Minister of Health.
Chilufya is married with two children.[2]