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'''Maureen Mwanawasa''' is the widow of former Zambian president [[Levy Mwanawasa]] and former [[First Lady of Zambia]]. | '''Maureen Mwanawasa''' is the widow of former Zambian president [[Levy Mwanawasa]] and former [[First Lady of Zambia]]. | ||
== | ==Career and politics== | ||
As early as 2006, Mwanawasa was seen as a potential candidate for president of the country,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=315|title=How The G Factor May Help The MMD Should Maureen Mwanawasa Run|last=Mumba|first=Brainwave R.|date=November 26, 2007|publisher=The Zambian Chronicle|accessdate=4 November 2010}}</ref> but following her husband's death she did not file as a potential candidate to represent her husband's party in the [[Zambian presidential election, 2008|election]]. She, however, did suddenly clash against [[Michael Sata]] of the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] when he came to pay respects to her at her husband's funeral, resulting in Sata being forced off the premises.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=1339|title=First lady chases Sata from funeral …|last=Shacinda|first=Shapi|date=August 26, 2008|publisher=The Zambian Chronicle (source: Reuters)|accessdate=4 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7582398.stm|title=Zambia's mourning turns political|date=26 August 2008|work=[[BBC Online]]|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=4 November 2010}}</ref> | |||
She is the immediate past president of the [[Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS]], and founded the Maureen Mwanawasa Community Initiative (MMCI) in 2002. She was also the joint owner of [[Mwanawasa & Company]], her husband's law firm, until he entered into politics and left his private practice. | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
