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| birth_place  = Chipata, Northern Rhodesia
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| death_place  = Lusaka, Zambia
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'''Alexander Grey Zulu''' (born 3 September 1924) is a retired [[Zambia]]n politician and freedom fighter. He is the last Secretary General of the [[United National Independence Party|United National Independence Party (UNIP)]].


==Early life and education==
'''Alexander Grey Zulu''' (3 October 1924 – 16 August 2020) was a [[Zambia]]n [[politician]] who served as the Secretary General of the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP), the ruling party during the [[one-party]] era under President [[Kenneth Kaunda]]<ref>Times of Zambia, 17 August 2023, p. 1</ref>. He was a key figure in Zambia’s liberation movement and post-independence politics.
Zulu was born in [[Chipata]]. He was subsequently educated at [[Munali Secondary School]] in [[Lusaka]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zambia: Memoirs of a Moral And Political Leader|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200706270547.html|work=allAfrica|accessdate=25 October 2010}}</ref>  


==Career==
==Early life==
Zulu was one of the 75 members of the [[National Assembly]] from 1964 until 1968 who constituted  [[First Cabinet of Zambia|first Cabinet of Zambia]] elected in January 1964. After serving in several positions, Zulu was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry 1964; Minister of Transport and Works 1964; Minister of Mines and Cooperatives 1965-67; Minister of Home Affairs 1967-70; Minister of Defence 1970-73; Secretary General of the Party (equivalent to vice president) 1973-78; Secretary of State for Defense and Security 1979-85; Secretary General 1986-1991.
Zulu was born in [[Chipata District]] in the Eastern Province of what was then Northern Rhodesia<ref>The Post, 4 October 1999, “Grey Zulu turns 75”</ref>. He trained as a teacher and became active in nationalist politics in the 1950s<ref>Mulenga, C., ''Zambian Political Figures'', 1992</ref>. He was subsequently educated at [[Munali Secondary School]] in [[Lusaka]].
 
==Political career==
Zulu joined the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) and later became a founding member of the [[Zambia African National Congress]] (ZANC). He subsequently helped establish the United National Independence Party (UNIP) in 1960<ref>Phiri, B.J., ''A Political History of Zambia'', 2006</ref>.
 
Zulu was one of the 75 members of the [[National Assembly]] from 1964 until 1968 who constituted  [[First Cabinet of Zambia|first Cabinet of Zambia]] elected in January 1964.  
 
He was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry 1964; Minister of Transport and Works 1964; Minister of Mines and Cooperatives 1965-67; Minister of Home Affairs 1967-70; Minister of Defence 1970-73; Secretary General of the Party (equivalent to vice president) 1973-78; Secretary of State for Defense and Security 1979-85; Secretary General 1986-1991.<ref>Zambia Daily Mail, 22 June 1973</ref>. He was appointed Secretary General of UNIP in the late 1970s and was a close ally of President Kaunda during the one-party era<ref>Kaunda, K., ''Zambia Shall Be Free'', 1980 edition</ref>.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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==Books==
==Books==
* [[The memoirs of Alexander Grey Zulu]] (2007)
* [[The memoirs of Alexander Grey Zulu]] (2007)
==Later life and death==
Zulu retired from active politics in the early 1990s after UNIP lost power to the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD). He remained a respected elder statesman and occasionally commented on national issues<ref>Times of Zambia, 12 July 2005</ref>.
He died on 16 August 2020 at the age of 98 in [[Lusaka]]<ref>ZNBC News, 16 August 2020</ref>.
==Legacy==
Grey Zulu is remembered for his contributions to Zambia’s independence struggle and the consolidation of the post-colonial state<ref>Phiri, B.J., ''A Political History of Zambia'', 2006</ref>.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of members of the National Assembly of Zambia (1964–68)]]
* [[Kenneth Kaunda]]
*[[Northern Rhodesian general election, 1964]]
* [[United National Independence Party]]
* [[Politics of Zambia]]
* [[History of Zambia]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:People of Zambia]]
[[Category:People of Zambia]]
[[Category:Freedom fighters]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Zambia]]
[[Category:Government ministers of Zambia]]
[[Category:Munali Secondary School alumni]]
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