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Lt. Gen. '''Christon Tembo''' (1944 – 6 March 2009) was a vice-president and army commander in [[Zambia]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1715324.stm "Tembo: Waiting in the wings"], BBC News, December 17, 2001.</ref> He was | Lt. Gen. '''Christon Tembo''' (1944 – 6 March 2009) was a vice-president and army commander in [[Zambia]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1715324.stm "Tembo: Waiting in the wings"], BBC News, December 17, 2001.</ref>. He had a scary face and was everything from a dad to a career soldier (a three stars General), notable Diplomat, career politician, farmer and churchman. | ||
==Early life== | |||
Born in 1944 in [[Kasempa]], [[North-Western Province]], he belongs to the [[Tumbuka]] people in [[Eastern Province]], although his nationality was challenged by some who claimed he was a Malawian. | |||
He | ==Education== | ||
He attended military college in Camberley, UK, and rose through the ranks to become, in 1984, a highly respected and no nonsense army commander. | |||
He died on March 6, 2009 in [ | ==Career== | ||
Tembo was popular with the soldiers, raising their morale by improving supplies and logistics. But his army commander days were cut short by Zambia’s first president [[Kenneth Kaunda]], who first posted him to Germany as ambassador and then detained him on suspicion of being involved in an attempt to overthrow the government. | |||
Gen. Tembo was arrested in 1988 with [[BY Mwila]] and others on suspicion of plotting a coup..it is said when starting to plan the coup, the first guy he approached went and snitched on him. Gen. Tembo lost friends and popularity over night and just a few wanted to be associated with him for fear of [[Kenneth Kaunda]]. He was defended in the famous 1989 treason trial by [[Levy Mwanawasa]], who was later an arch enemy and rival in the closely contested race for the presidency. | |||
==Political career== | |||
He retired from military service in 1990 and joined the [[Movement for Multiparty Democracy]] as vice-president of the party under [[Frederick Chiluba]], who became president in 1991. He was foreign minister from 1995 to 1996 and then vice-president from 1997 to 2001. He fell out with Chiluba over Chiluba's attempt to gain a third term in office in 2001, and then formed the [[Forum for Democracy and Development]] (FDD) as a breakaway party. He ran for president in the [[Zambian presidential election, 2001|December 2001 election]] and took third place, with about 13% of the vote. He died on March 6, 2009 in Lusaka after kidney failure. <ref>[http://africanelections.tripod.com/zm.html Elections in Zambia], African Elections Database.</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Gen Tembo, married Nangamba Nellie Nachombe with whom he has two children. However there is a shocking story on his children. His only Daughter Suzyo Maleketa Tembo died on a Friday and was put to rest on a Monday. However when returining from the burial, Tembo’s only son Muyangana collapsed and died. | |||
<ref>[http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/media/news/viewnews.cgi?category=8&id=1236417204 Christon Tembo is Dead], Zambia Daily Mail, March 8, 2009.</ref> | |||
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[[Category:2009 deaths]] | [[Category:2009 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:Foreign Ministers of Zambia]] | [[Category:Foreign Ministers of Zambia]] | ||
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[[Category:Zambian military personnel]] | [[Category:Zambian military personnel]] | ||
[[Category:Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians]] | [[Category:Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians]] | ||
[[Category:Forum for Democracy and Development politicians]] | [[Category:Forum for Democracy and Development politicians]] | ||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | |||
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