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'''Peter Amos Mbiko Siwo''' ({{birth date|1931|3|18|df=yes}} – {{death date|1998|2|14|df=yes}}) He was born in Siwo Village beside the Thandiwe Caves, near Chipata in Eastern Province. He was a pupil at Munali Boys Secondary School, Lusaka and became Head Boy, at that time it was the only secondary school for black boys in the then Northern Rhodesia. | '''Peter Amos Mbiko Siwo''' ({{birth date|1931|3|18|df=yes}} – {{death date|1998|2|14|df=yes}}) He was born in Siwo Village beside the Thandiwe Caves, near [[Chipata]] in [[Eastern Province]]. | ||
==Early life and education== | |||
He was a pupil at [[Munali Boys Secondary School]], [[Lusaka]] and became Head Boy, at that time it was the only secondary school for black boys in the then Northern Rhodesia. | |||
He was one of the first black graduates in [[Northern Rhodesia]], and a pioneering civil servant after the country achieved independence as [[Zambia]]. | He was one of the first black graduates in [[Northern Rhodesia]], and a pioneering civil servant after the country achieved independence as [[Zambia]]. | ||
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He was the first black graduate to work at the Luansha Mines. Before independence, he lived in a little house in no man's land in the Copperbelt. They did not want to put him with the black miners in those tiny houses because he was a graduate, but they could not put him in a big house in the white area either because he was black. | He was the first black graduate to work at the Luansha Mines. Before independence, he lived in a little house in no man's land in the Copperbelt. They did not want to put him with the black miners in those tiny houses because he was a graduate, but they could not put him in a big house in the white area either because he was black. | ||
==Career== | |||
He was the first chairman of [[Zambia Airways]]. He was Permanent Secretary in the then Ministry of Power, Transport Works and Communications for about five years when [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|UDI]] was declared. After he left they split it into three different ministries. | He was the first chairman of [[Zambia Airways]]. He was Permanent Secretary in the then Ministry of Power, Transport Works and Communications for about five years when [[Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence|UDI]] was declared. After he left they split it into three different ministries. | ||
He chaired many meetings for United Nations Education committees and Commonwealth Education Conferences and [[World Bank]] meetings. He chaired and worked on the Education Reforms in Zambia and was the first Director of Examinations Board. | He chaired many meetings for United Nations Education committees and Commonwealth Education Conferences and [[World Bank]] meetings. He chaired and worked on the Education Reforms in Zambia and was the first Director of Examinations Board. | ||
He married Sheila Gibson McHarrie at Glenluce Abbey, Wigtownshire, Scotland on 20 September 1979. | ==Personal life== | ||
He married Sheila Gibson McHarrie at Glenluce Abbey, Wigtownshire, Scotland on 20 September 1979. | |||
He was often quoted by ''Times of Zambia''. | He was often quoted by ''Times of Zambia''. |
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