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== Early life== | == Early life== | ||
Matiya Ngalande was born on 2 June 1932 in Kabemba to Kabemba and Mandona Ngalande. | Matiya Ngalande was born on 2 June 1932 in Kabemba to Kabemba and Mandona Ngalande. | ||
[[File:Matiya Ngalande - Daniel Munkombwe - Edgar Lungu.jpg|thumb|right|Matiya Ngalande (r) with Zambia's 6th President [[Edgar Lungu]] and [[Daniel Munkombwe]] at [[State House]] in 2018]] | [[File:Matiya Ngalande - Daniel Munkombwe - Edgar Lungu.jpg|thumb|right|Matiya Ngalande (r) with Zambia's 6th President [[Edgar Lungu]] and [[Daniel Munkombwe]] at [[State House]] in 2018]] | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Ngalande started his career as a teacher at [[Mutanda Mission School]] in [[North western Province]]. He later moved to serve in other positions | 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== | |||
, ; provincial president [[African National Congress]], 1957; divisional president Northwestern Province [[United National Independence Party]]; member parliament [[Kasempa]], 1964; 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== |