Jean Kapata

Last updated

Jean Kapata (born 25 December 1960) is a Zambian politician and former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources.

Contents

Career

Kapata worked as a theatre nurse before being elected to represent the Mandevu constituency at the 2006 election for the Patriotic Front. She was re-elected in 2011 and 2016. [1] [2]

Kapata served as Deputy Minister of Community Development, Mother & Child Health. On 2 October 2009, she was arrested with nine other Patriotic Front MPs after they protested the acquittal of former president Frederick Chiluba with car honks and whistles. They were released on 7 October. [3]

In 2014, Kapata was appointed by President Michael Sata as Minister for Tourism and Arts. [4] Under her tenure, the ban on big-game hunting cats in Zambia was lifted. [5] [6] In response to the international media attention surrounding the killing of Cecil the lion in neighbouring Zimbabwe, Kapata said, "the West seemed more concerned with the welfare of a lion in Zimbabwe than of Africans themselves." [7] [8]

Kapata was a member of the Zambia delegation to the United Nations 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2016. [9] In the lead up to the August 2016 election Kapata received death threats and her driver was attacked by armed men demanding to know where she was. [10] The MMD candidate for her constituency, Mary Phiri, accused Kapata of sending people to attack her campaign team. [11] On 27 September 2016, she became Minister for Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. [12] She is also the Patriotic Front's Chairperson for Elections. [13] [14]

Personal life

Kapata is married and is a mother and grandmother. [11] In 2013, First Lady Christine Kaseba officiated the wedding of Kapata's daughter. [15]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Politics of Zambia</span>

The politics of Zambia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president of Zambia is head of state, head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government, while legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. Formerly Northern Rhodesia, Zambia became a republic immediately upon attaining independence in October 1964.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Sata</span> Zambian politician (1937–2014)

Michael Charles Chilufya Sata was a Zambian politician who served as the fifth president of Zambia from 2011 until his death in 2014. A social democrat, he led the Patriotic Front (PF), a major political party in Zambia. Under President Frederick Chiluba, Sata was a minister during the 1990s as part of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government. He went into opposition in 2001, forming the PF. As an opposition leader, Sata – popularly known as "The King Cobra", emerged as the leading opposition presidential contender and rival to President Levy Mwanawasa in the 2006 presidential election, but was defeated. Following Mwanawasa's death, Sata ran again in 2008, losing to Rupiah Banda.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rupiah Banda</span> President of Zambia, 2008 to 2011 (1937–2022)

Rupiah Bwezani Banda was a Zambian politician who served as the fourth president of Zambia from 2008 to 2011, taking over from Levy Mwanawasa. Banda was an active participant in politics from early in the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, during which time he held several diplomatic posts.

Susan Nakazwe is the former Mayor of Lusaka, Zambia. She was expelled from her position after meeting with the President of China, Hu Jintao, despite being under party instructions not to. She subsequently left the Patriotic Front party, and joined the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy party.

Gladys Nyirongo is a Zambian politician. She is a former sports minister, and headed the Ministry of Lands. Nyirongo was a member of Heritage Party in Zambia and won the 2001 elections. She voted for the Speaker in favour of the ruling Levy Mwanawasa from the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) and was expelled from the party, but was made the Sports Minister in 2002.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Zambian presidential election</span>

Presidential elections were held in Zambia on 30 October 2008 following the death of the incumbent President Levy Mwanawasa on 19 August 2008, as the elections had to be called within 90 days of his death. It was expected that there would be internal problems within the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) as Mwanawasa had not declared a successor prior to his death, but Acting President Rupiah Banda was selected as the MMD's candidate without apparent problems. Michael Sata stood as the candidate of the Patriotic Front (PF), while Hakainde Hichilema stood as the candidate of the United Party for National Development (UPND). Godfrey Miyanda stood as the candidate of the Heritage Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Zambian general election</span>

General elections were held in Zambia on 20 September 2011, electing a President and members of the National Assembly. Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front (PF) won the presidential elections, defeating incumbent Rupiah Banda of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), and was sworn into office on 23 September. The PF emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 60 of the 148 seats decided on election day.

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. She is the former Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet. She also served as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing Mafinga in the Zambian Parliament from 2001 until 2016.

Chishimba Kambwili is a former member of the National Assembly of Zambia for Roan Constituency in Luanshya District. He has also held several posts in the cabinet. He is the former leader of the National Democratic Congress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 Zambian presidential election</span>

Presidential elections were held in Zambia on 20 January 2015 to elect a president to serve the remainder of the term of President Michael Sata, following his death on 28 October 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miles Sampa</span> Zambian politician

Miles Bwalya Sampa is a Zambian politician, currently serving as Member of Parliament for Matero Constituency and president of the Patriotic Front. The veteran politician previously served as Mayor of Lusaka, having been elected in August 2018. His election in 2021 would see him return to Parliament representing Matero Constituency, a position he served from 2011 to 2016.

Vera Tembo is a Zambian politician and member of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). She served as the First Lady of Zambia from 1991 until her separation from her former husband, President Frederick Chiluba, in 2001.

Nkandu Phoebe Luo is a Zambian microbiologist and politician who was a vice presidential candidate for the Patriotic Front in the August 2021 election. She is a microbiologist who previously served as Head of Pathology and Microbiology at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka and has carried out extensive research into HIV/AIDS.

Victoria Kalima Phiri was a Zambian politician who was Minister of Gender and member of the National Assembly for Kasenengwa from 2016 and 2011, respectively, till her death.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sylvia Masebo</span> Zambian politician

Sylvia Masebo is a Zambian entrepreneur, politician, and National Assembly of Zambia representative for Chongwe constituency with the United Party for National Development (UPND). Sylvia Masebo holds a degree in Banking and Finance. She first stood on the ticket of Zambian Republican Party (ZRP) in 2001, then the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) in 2003, then the Patriotic Front (PF) in 2011, and then the UPND in 2021.

Mathew Sampa Mulanda was a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for two different constituencies between 1996 and 2006 and was Deputy Minister for Copperbelt Province between 1997 and 2006.

Chipepo Peter Friday Malwa is a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi from 2006 until 2011.

Sydney Mushanga is a Zambian politician. He currently serves as Member of the National Assembly for Bwacha.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mutale Nalumango</span> Zambian politician

W.K. Mutale Nalumango is a Zambian educator and politician. She currently serves as the 14th Vice President of Zambia, having been appointed to the position in August 2021. Nalumango is only the second woman to hold this position, which is considered one of the most significant political roles in the country.

Patricia Mulasikwanda is a Zambian politician who served as Minister of Sports, Youth, and Child Development and later Minister of Gender and Women in Development. She served as the Mulobezi member of Parliament from July 2015 to August 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Adamu, Peter (31 July 2016). "Prediction: Jean Kapata Will Win Mandevu Constituency". Zambia Reports. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mandevu | National Assembly of Zambia". www.parliament.gov.zm. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2009. US Government Printing Office. 2009. p. 725.
  4. ↑ "Worldly Wonders". The Business Year. 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Zambia: Jean Kapata Says Zambia's Big Cats Intact". Zambia Reports. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Mfula, Chris (20 May 2015). "Zambia lifts ban on big cat trophy hunting". Reuters. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Winkler, Lawrence (2016). Fire Beyond the Darkness. Bellatrix. ISBN   9781988429038.
  8. ↑ Onishi, Norimitsu (12 September 2015). "A Hunting Ban Saps a Village's Livelihood". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Zambia reaffirms commitment to women advancement at UN meeting". Lusaka Times. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "Jean Kapata in death threats". Zambia Daily Nation. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Jean Kapata accused of sending PF cadres to attack MMD Campaign team". Open Zambia. 29 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "Jean Kapata ~Minister – Lands and Natural Resources (Sep-2016)". National Assembly of Zambia.
  13. ↑ "Jean Kapata calls for unity in PF". Lusaka Times. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "PF not in support of people declaring themselves as parliamentary aspiring candidates-Kapata". Lusaka Times. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "First Lady officiates at the wedding ceremony of Jean Kapata's daughter". Lusaka Times. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.