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| name = Regina Chiluba | |||
| image = Regina Chiluba.jpg | |||
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| birth_name = Regina Chifunda | |||
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| death_date = 26 February 2017 | |||
| death_place = [[Lusaka]] | |||
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| known_for = Wife of [[Frederick Chiluba]] | |||
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'''Regina Chifunda Chiluba''' (died 26 February 2017) was third wife of the second republican [[President]] [[Frederick Chiluba]]. She was also the former chairperson of women's affairs for the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD) in [[Lusaka]]. | '''Regina Chifunda Chiluba''' (died 26 February 2017) was third wife of the second republican [[President]] [[Frederick Chiluba]]. She was also the former chairperson of women's affairs for the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD) in [[Lusaka]]. | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
On 21 February 2002, Regina’s marriage to her first husband Edward Mwanza was dissolved by [[Ndola High Court]] Judge [[Japhet Banda]], after Mwanza failed to defend a divorce application his wife Regina had filled with the court.<ref name=oz/> On 6 May 2002 she officially married former President [[Frederick Chiluba]] after he divorced his wife [[Vera Tembo]]. On 18 June 2011 her husband died from a heart condition. | |||
==Legal battles== | |||
Regina spent most of her life with Chiluba in courts of law as Chiluba and herself were dragged into court on allegations of corruption by the [[Levy Mwanawasa|Mwanawasa]] government. In 2009, she was jailed by the [[Lusaka Magistrate Court]] for allegedly receiving government property but was later acquitted by the [[Lusaka High Court]].<ref>[https://lusakavoice.com/2017/02/26/late-president-chilubas-wife-regina-chiluba-has-died/ Late President Chiluba’s wife Regina Chiluba has died], [[Lusaka Voice]], 26 February 2017</ref> | |||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Regina died at the [[University Teaching Hospital]] (UTH) on 26 February 2017. Government evacuated to India in November 2016 reportedly battling cancer. She however came back a week before her death and was immediately admitted to the UTH as her condition was deemed terminal.<ref name=lt>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/02/26/regina-widow-second-republican-president-frederick-chiluba-died/ Regina, the Widow to Second Republican President, Frederick Chiluba has died], [[Lusaka Times]], 26 February 2017</ref> | Regina died at the [[University Teaching Hospital]] (UTH) on 26 February 2017. Government evacuated to India in November 2016 reportedly battling cancer. She however came back a week before her death and was immediately admitted to the UTH as her condition was deemed terminal.<ref name=lt>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2017/02/26/regina-widow-second-republican-president-frederick-chiluba-died/ Regina, the Widow to Second Republican President, Frederick Chiluba has died], [[Lusaka Times]], 26 February 2017</ref> | ||
Regina is survived by her children Bwalya, Malama and Mando.<ref name=oz>[http://www.openzambia.com/2017/02/regina-chifunda-chiluba-dies/ REGINA CHIFUNDA CHILUBA DIES], [[Open Zambia]], 26 February 2017</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:2017 deaths]] | [[Category:2017 deaths]] | ||
