Felix Mutati | |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1959 |
Birth Place: | Northern Rhodesia |
Party: | Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (2002–2020) Movement for Democratic Change (2020–present) |
Office: | Ministry of Technology and Science |
Term Start: | 7 September 2021 |
Office1: | Minister of Works and Supply |
Predecessor1: | Mathew Nkhuwa |
Successor1: | Mutotwe Kafwaya |
Term Start1: | 14 February 2018 |
Term End1: | 6 November 2018 |
Office2: | Minister of Finance |
Predecessor2: | Alexander Chikwanda |
Successor2: | Margaret Mwanakatwe |
Term Start2: | 15 September 2016 |
Term End2: | 14 February 2018 |
Office3: | Member of Parliament |
Term Start3: | January 2002 |
Term End3: | September 2016 |
Constituency3: | Lunte |
Office4: | Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry |
Term Start4: | December 2006 |
Term End4: | September 2011 |
President4: | Levy Mwanawasa (2004-2008) Rupiah Banda (2008-2011) |
Office5: | Minister of Energy and Water Development |
Term Start5: | December 2005 |
Term End5: | December 2006 |
President5: | Levy Mwanawasa |
Residence: | Lusaka, Zambia |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Felix Chipota Mutati (born 29 January 1959) is a Zambian politician and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party.[1] Mutati did not run for a Member of Parliament seat in the 2021 Zambian general election and received a nominated seat by the president. As a nominated Member of Parliament, he was appointed Minister of Technology and Science on 17 September 2021 by the ruling Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema.[2] [3]
Previously Mutati served as Minister of Works and Supply from February 2018 to November 2018 under Edgar Lungu, Minister of Energy and Water Development from 2002 to 2004 under Levy Mwanawasa, Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2011 under Levy Mwanawasa and Rupiah Banda,[4] and Minister of Finance from 2016 until 2018 under Edgar Lungu.
On 12 October 2020, Mutati left the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy and launched a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).[5] Ahead of the 2021 general election, the MDC was one of the parties that joined the UPND Alliance and supported the presidency of Hakainde Hichilema.[6] [7]