Harry Kalaba | |
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Kalaba in 2017 | |
25th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office March 2014 β January 2018 | |
President | Michael Sata (2014) Edgar Lungu (2015β) |
Preceded by | Wylbur Simuusa |
Succeeded by | Joseph Malanji |
Personal details | |
Born | (1976-06-12) 12 June 1976 (age 48) Mansa, Luapula Province, Zambia |
Political party | Patriotic Front ( 2011-2019)
Democratic Party (2019-2022) Citizens First party (2022- |
Spouse | Irene Kalaba |
Harry Kalaba (born 12 June 1976 in Mansa District, Luapula Province) is a Zambian politician and the current president for the Citizens First Party. He had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Zambia from March 2014 to January 2018. He is a former member of Patriotic Front. He served as the Member of Parliament for Bahati from August 2011 to February 2019.
After leaving the Patriotic Front party in 2019, he was chosen to stand as the presidential candidate at the 2021 Zambian general election for the Democratic Party. In July 2022, he left the Democratic Party after several issues and in October 2022, he became the president of the Citizens First Party.
See also
References
- ^ "Zambia : Harry Kalaba installed as President of a new political party called Citizens First". 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- "Zambia foreign minister Harry Kalaba resigns over 'greed'". BBC News. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- Sharman, Jon (3 January 2018). "Zambian foreign affairs minister resigns over 'swelling' corruption within country". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- "Harry Kalaba is a Fraud, I've experience to know a Fraud when l see one". Lusaka Times. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- "Bahati | National Assembly of Zambia". www.parliament.gov.zm. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- Reports, Zambia. "PF's Harry Kalaba Adopted as Democratic Party 2021 Presidential Candidate". Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- Shalubala, Chamuka (2022-07-25). "Wrangles force Kalaba to resign from DP". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- "Zambia : Long Court Process Forces Harry Kalaba to resigns from the Party he founded to Form a New Political Party". 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
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