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| caption     = Anderson Mazoka. Credit: Judy G. Rolfe
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| birth_place = [[Monze]], [[Zambia]]
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| death_place = Johannesburg, South
| death_cause = Kidney complications<ref name=zambian>[http://www.zambian.com/zambia/directory/people/last-name-mm/html/anderson-mazoka-zambia.html Anderson Mazoka on Zambia Online]</ref>
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* Harvard University
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'''Anderson K. Mazoka''' (22 March 1943 &ndash; 24 May 2006) was a [[Zambia]]n politician and President of the [[United Party for National Development]] (UPND).

==Early life and education==
Mazoka was born in [[Monze]], [[Zambia]] (then [[Northern Rhodesia]]). He attended  Union College, in Schenectady, New York, where he graduated in 1969 with a degree in mechanical engineering. For his senior thesis, Mazoka designed and built a wind tunnel in 10 weeks on a low budget less than $100. The tunnel, whose construction attracted attention from the media, filled the basement of the college's Science and Engineering department and would be used for three decades.<ref name="Union">{{cite press release |publisher= Union College |date=June 2, 2006 |url=http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=6469 |title=Mazoka '69, former Zambian presidential candidate, dies |accessdate=2006-06-04}}</ref>

Mazoka loved to play sports. He distinguished himself as a soccer player at Union College. He worked summers at General Electric.<ref name=zambian/>

==Career==
With his engineering degree and his Harvard University management diploma Mazoka entered the Zambian business community. In the 1970’s he served as director of [[Zambia Railways]], the state railways, when [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was President of Zambia.<ref name=zambian/>

He later worked for Anglo-America Corp., a mining and general resources company, for eighteen years - the last ten as general manager of the Central African division. He also once headed the [[Zambian Tourism Bureau]]. His notable tourism influence was reaching  an agreement with a South African hotel chain to turn the [[Ridgeway Hotel]] in Lusaka into Holiday Inn.<ref name=zambian/>

==Political career==
Mazoka was one of the founders of President [[Frederick Chiluba]]'s party, the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD), which rallied to beat President Kaunda's ruling [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) in 1991.

Mazoka left the MMD and decided  focus on his day job at Anglo American. He soon decided to form his own party. He named it the [[United Party for National Development]] (UPND), the businessman who hoped that a political turn-about would also lead to a revival of the economy.<ref name=zambian/>

In the [[Zambian general election, 2001|presidential election]] held on 27 December 2001, he finished second behind [[Levy Mwanawasa]] of the ruling [[Movement for Multiparty Democracy]] (MMD) party, winning 27.2% of the vote.

==Personal life==
He was married to Christine Mutinta and had three children with her: Mutinta, Pasina and Anderson Jr. Other children include Machenje and Lundu.

==Death==
On 24 May 2006, Mazoka died from kidney complications in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was 63 years old. He was succeeded as leader of the UPND by [[Hakainde Hichilema]].<ref name="Death">{{cite news|url=http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L24399472 |title=Zambia's opposition leader Mazoka dies in S. Africa |publisher=Reuters |date=2006-05-24 |accessdate=2006-06-04}}</ref>

==References==
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{{2001 presidential candidates, Zambia}}

[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Southern Province]]
[[Category:United Party for National Development politicians]]
[[Category:People of Zambia]]