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| name = Fwanyanga Mulikita | |||
| image = | |||
| office = [[Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia|Speaker of the National Assembly]] | |||
| term_start = 1988 | |||
| term_end = 1991 | |||
| predecessor = [[Robinson Nabulyato]] | |||
| successor = [[Robinson Nabulyato]] | |||
| office4 = [[Ministry of General Education|Minister of Education]] | |||
| term_start4 = 1973 | |||
| term_end4 = 1976 | |||
| predecessor4= | |||
| successor4 = | |||
| office5 = [[Ministry of Transport and Communications (Zambia)|Minister of Power, Transport and Works]] | |||
| term_start5 = 1971 | |||
| term_end5 = 1973 | |||
| predecessor5= | |||
| successor5 = | |||
| office6 = [[Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Zambia)|Minister of Labour and Social Services]] | |||
| term_start6 = 1970 | |||
| term_end6 = 1971 | |||
| predecessor6= | |||
| successor6 = | |||
| office7 = [[Provincial Ministers|Minister for Luapula Province]] | |||
| term_start7 = 1969 | |||
| term_end7 = 1970 | |||
| predecessor7= | |||
| successor7 = | |||
| office8 = Member of the [[National Assembly of Zambia|National Assembly]] for [[Mongu (Zambian National Assembly constituency)|Mongu]] | |||
| term_start8 = 1973 | |||
| term_end8 = 1978 | |||
| predecessor8= [[Mufaya Mumbuna]] | |||
| successor8 = | |||
| office9 = Nominated Member of the [[National Assembly of Zambia|National Assembly]] | |||
| term_start9 = 1969 | |||
| term_end9 = 1973 | |||
| office10 = [[Zambian Permanent Representative to the Headquarters of the United Nations|Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations]] | |||
| term_start10= 1965 | |||
| term_end10 = 1966 | |||
| successor10 = [[Joseph Ben Mwemba]] | |||
| birth_date = 24 November 1928 | |||
| birth_place = [[Sefula]], [[Northern Rhodesia]] | |||
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|9|2|1928|11|24|df=y}} | |||
| death_place = [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]] | |||
| party = [[United National Independence Party|UNIP]] | |||
| profession = Teacher, writer, civil servant | |||
}} | |||
Dr Fwanyanga Matale Mulikita, [[Zambia]]'s first permanent representative to the United Nations, was also of the few Zambians to hold the position of [[Speaker of the National Assembly]] of Zambia. | |||
Dr. Mulikita was born in 1928 in [[Mongu]] and was educated at Rhodes in Grahamstown in South African where he obtained his Bachelor’s degree. He later went to the United States where he earned his master’s degree at Stanford University. He returned to his alma mater at Rhodes to get a doctorate in law. | |||
Before going into public service, Dr. Mulikita served as headmaster of Chalimbana Secondary School and once hosted a meeting between the late [[Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula]] and [[Kenneth Kaunda]] aimed at forging a common African stand towards the attainment of self-rule in [[Northern Rhodesia]]. | |||
From 1964 to1966, he served as Zambia’s first ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in New York. He returned home to serve as permanent secretary in the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Education]] before he was appointed minister of [[Luapula Province]] in 1968. From 1969 to 1973, he served as a minister in Labour and Social Services, Transport, Power and Works and Education portfolios. | |||
Dr Mulikita was also chairman of the [[UNIP]] National Council, the supreme policy making body of the United National Independence Party during the single party era. | |||
President Kaunda elevated him to Member of the UNIP Central Committee in 1976 and made him chairman of the [[University of Zambia]] (UNZA) Council. | |||
In 1988, he was elected as Speaker of the Zambian National Assembly, where he steered Parliament during the transition from one party to plural politics in Zambia in 1991. | |||
After leaving Parliament, he was named chancellor of [[Copperbelt University]] in 1992, a position he served until 1997. | |||
An accomplished author, Dr. Mulikita’s books include A point of No Return: Collection of Short Stories (Longmans Publishers) in 1968, and Shaka Zulu (Longmans Publishers) in 1971. | |||
Dr. Mulikita died on September 2, 1998 at the [[University Teaching Hospital]] at the age of 70. He was given a state funeral. | |||
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