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== Career == | == Career == | ||
Ngalande started his career as a teacher at [[Mutanda Mission School]] in [[North western Province]]. He later moved to serve in other administrative positions and became clerk at the Provincial Administration at the [[Ndola Municipal Council]] from 1955 to 1956 in the [[Northern Rhodesia | Ngalande started his career as a teacher at [[Mutanda Mission School]] in [[North western Province]]. He later moved to serve in other administrative positions and became clerk at the Provincial Administration at the [[Ndola Municipal Council]] from 1955 to 1956 in the [[Northern Rhodesia]] government. | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
Ngalande joined politics and in 1957 he became the provincial president of the opposition [[African National Congress]] under the leadership of [[Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula]]. After the [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) was formed in 1959, he joined the party and became the divisional president in [[Northwestern Province]]. | |||
After Zambia gained independence in 1964, Ngalande became the first member parliament for [[Kasempa]]. | |||
high commissioner Ghana, 1966, Nigeria, 1966—1967; | |||
minister of state [[Luapula Province]], 1968; minister of state [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], 1968; ambassador to Egypt, 1970—1974; Zambia high commissioner Kenya, 1974—1975; | |||
cabinet minister in charge, 1975—1978; ambassador to Saudi Arabia, since 1979. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
