Catherine Namugala
{{Short description|Zambian politician}}
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| order = Minister of Tourism and the Environment
| president = Rupiah Banda
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| order2 = Member of the National Assembly for Mafinga
| president2 = Levy Mwanawasa
Rupiah Banda
Michael Sata
Guy Scott
Edgar Lungu
| order3 = First Deputy Speaker
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| term_start3 = September 2016
| president3 = Edgar Lungu
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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.{{cite web| accessdate=12 November 2016 | url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/09/18/president-lungu-nominates-mmds-catherine-namugala-first-deputy-speaker/ | title=President Lungu nominates MMD's Catherine Namugala as First Deputy Speaker |
date=18 September 2016 | newspaper=Lusaka Times | last=Headlines}} She is the former Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet.{{cite web| url=http://www.finland.org/public/default.aspx?contentid=192649&nodeid=40958&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |last=Press Releases |date=18 May 2010 |publisher=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland |title=Zambian Minister of Environment to visit Finland |location=Helsinki | accessdate=10 September 2016}} She also served as a Member of Parliament (MP), representing Mafinga (previously known as Isoka East) in the Zambian Parliament from 2001 until 2016.{{cite web|last=Headlines| newspaper=Lusaka Times | url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2014/08/18/mps-benefitswhats-way-forward/ |title=MPs and their benefits: What's the way forward? |accessdate=10 September 2016 |date=18 August 2016 |location=Lusaka}}
Work History
Catherine Namugala served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until 2003. From 2003 until 2005, she served as the Deputy Minister for Community Development and Social Services. In 2006, she was re-elected to parliament, representing Isoka East. Also in 2006, she was appointed Minister of Community Development and Social Services. Since then, she served as Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President, prior to being appointed Minister of Tourism and the Environment in 2008{{cite web| url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200811260522.html| title=Zambia: New Cabinet Falls Short of the SADC Gender Threshold |accessdate=10 September 2016 | first=Patson | last=Phiri |publisher=Southern African News Features via AllAfrica.com|location=Harare |date=26 November 2008}} In February 2010, Catherine Namugala was awarded the African Tourism Minister Of The Year Award, beating six contestants from Ghana, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.{{cite web| url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2010/02/14/namugala-shortlisted-for-african-tourism-award/ | title=Namugala shortlisted for African tourism award | accessdate=10 September 2016 | date=14 February 2010 | newspaper=Lusaka Times | last=General News |location=Lusaka}}
In the August 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections, Namugala who belongs to the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy political party, chose not to re-contest her parliamentary seat. Instead she endorsed president Lungu's re-election bid for the Patriotic Front.{{cite web| url=https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/03/15/namugala-will-not-recontest-seat-endorses-edgar-lungu/ | title=Namugala will not recontest her seat as she endorses Edgar Lungu |
newspaper=Lusaka Times |date=15 March 2016 |last=Headlines |accessdate=12 November 2016}}
Personal details
Mrs. Catherine Namugala is single. She belongs to the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), political party.{{cite web |url=http://mmdzambia.org/about-mmd/mmd-mps/ |title=Movement for Multiparty Democracy Members of Parliament |accessdate=10 September 2016 |date=1 May 2014 |publisher=Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) |author=MDD |location=Lusaka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505022346/http://mmdzambia.org/about-mmd/mmd-mps/ |archive-date=5 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.parliament.gov.zm/ Website of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Zambia]
- [http://allafrica.com/stories/201001060863.html Climate Change - The Zambia Story]
- [http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/02/04/namugala-hits-spotlight-york/ Ms. Namugala Hits Spotlight In New York]
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Category:Members of the National Assembly of Zambia
Category:University of Zambia alumni
Category:Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians
Category:Women government ministers of Zambia
Category:21st-century Zambian women politicians
Category:21st-century Zambian politicians