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| name          = Nalumino Mundia
| name          = Nalumino Mundia
| image        = Nalumino Mundia.jpg
| image        = Nalumino Mundia portrait.jpg
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| caption      = Photo of Lewis Changufu appearing in the [[Zambia Daily Mail]] after his death.
| caption      = Nalumino Mundia speaking at a lectern, LA, USA in 1986. Photo by Guy Crowder
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| birth_date    =  21 November 1927
| birth_date    =  21 November 1927
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| occupation    = [[:Category:Politicians|Politician]]
| occupation    = [[:Category:Politicians|Politician]], [[:Category:Zambian diplomats|Diplomat]]
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| known_for    = 4th [[Prime Minister]]
| known_for    = 4th [[Prime Minister]]
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==Career==
==Career==
Mundia started his career as a teacher in Namibia and Zimbabwe. He later joined politics becoming a founding member of [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP), under which he held the position of deputy national treasurer.
[[File:First cabinet - with names.jpg|350px|thumbnail|left|First Cabinet: Mundia (third in third row from left) with [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[UNIP]].]]
[[File:First cabinet - with names.jpg|350px|thumbnail|left|First Cabinet: Mundia (third in third row from left) with [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[UNIP]].]]
Mundia was among freedom fighters who formed [[Zambia's first cabinet]] after attaining independence in 1964 under [[Kenneth Kaunda]]'s [[United Party for National Independence]] (UNIP). He served as Zambia's first [[Minister of Commerce & Industry]].  
When Zambia got independent in 1964, UNIP formed government and Mundia became Zambia's first [[Minister of Commerce & Industry]] in [[Zambia's first cabinet]] under the leadership of President [[Kenneth Kaunda]].  


===Resignation and arrest===
===Resignation and arrest===
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==Death==
==Death==
[[File:Nalumino Mundia resting place.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right| Nalumino Mundia's resting place. Photo by [[Ned Chivube]]]]
[[File:Nalumino Mundia resting place.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right| Nalumino Mundia's resting place. Photo by [[Ned Chivube]]]]
On 7 November 1988 Mundia collapsed at a diplomatic function and subsequently died of a heart attack in the USA. He was survived by his wife and six children. He was 62.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=oWtmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mundia,+Nalumino%22+AND+%221927%22&dq=%22Mundia,+Nalumino%22+AND+%221927%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nuUMT676LaqqiQLnza2mBA&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBzgK |title=Who's who of Southern Africa - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.ca |date= |accessdate=2012-01-11}}</ref>
On 7 November 1988 Mundia collapsed at a diplomatic function and subsequently died of a heart attack in Bollivia. He was survived by his wife and six children. He was 60.<ref>[http://books.google.ca/books?id=oWtmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Mundia,+Nalumino%22+AND+%221927%22&dq=%22Mundia,+Nalumino%22+AND+%221927%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nuUMT676LaqqiQLnza2mBA&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBzgK Who's who of Southern Africa - Google Books]</ref>
 
==Books==
*[https://books.google.co.zm/books/about/The_History_and_Objectives_of_the_Southe.html?id=IxtXAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y The History and Objectives of the Southern African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)]


==References==
==References==