Malimba Masheke

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Malimba Masheke (born 17 June 1941 in

United National Independence Party (the only legal polictial party in Zambia at the time) and Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (an opposition party) to allow for multi-party elections to be held later the same year.[4] The powers that Prime Minister Masheke had were subsumed back into the office of President starting from after the new President was elected in the 1991 Zambian general election.[5] The Constitution also allowed Masheke remain Prime Minister for the period in-between the adoption of the Constitution and the general election.[5] According to Masheke in an interview with Zambian media in 2018, at the time the title was abolished, he was paid less as Prime Minister than he paid his private secretary.[6] He had previously been Minister of Defence from 1985 to 1988 and Minister of Home Affairs from 1988 to 1989.[7]

References

  1. ^ Profile of Malimba Masheke
  2. ^ "Index Man-Maz".
  3. ^ "The Countries YZ". Rulers.org. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
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  5. ^ a b "Zambia Constitution 1991" (PDF). World Bank. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  6. ^ ""My PS used to get more money than myself when I was Prime Minister" reveals Masheke". The Mast. 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
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Preceded by Prime Minister of Zambia
1989–1991
Succeeded by
Abolished