Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs explained

The Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs is a ministry in Zambia. It is headed by the Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs.

The ministry was originally created as the Ministry for National Guidance. It was renamed the Ministry for Development and National Guidance after the Development portfolio was merged into it in 1970.[1]

During the multi-party era, the ministry was initially created in 1997 a desk in the Office of the President, overseen by a deputy minister.[2] It became a full ministry in 2016.[2]

List of ministers

MinisterPartyTerm startTerm end
Minister for National Guidance
Justin ChimbaUnited National Independence Party19681970
Minister for Development and National Guidance
Justin ChimbaUnited National Independence Party19701970
Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs
Godfridah SumailiPatriotic Front2016

Deputy ministers

Notes and References

  1. Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa, BBC Monitoring, issues 3498–3573, 1970
  2. http://cisanewsafrica.com/zambia-church-leaders-oppose-ministry-on-guidance-and-religious-affairs/ ZAMBIA: Church Leaders Oppose Ministry on Guidance and Religious Affairs

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