Background
CHONA, Mathias Mainza was born on January 21, 1930 in Nampeyo, Monze. Son of Chief Chona.
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Mathias Mainza CHONA
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Chona School, Chikuni Catholic Mission, Munali Government School, Lusaka and Gray’s Inn, London.
Career
President UNIP (United National Independence Party) 1959-1960, Vice-President 1960-1961, General Secretary 1961-1969. Executive Committee 1969-1971. Minister of Justice 1964, of Home Affairs 1964-1966, for Presidential Affairs 1967, without Portfolio 1968, for Central Province, without Portfolio, of Provincial and Local Government, and Ambassador to United States of America (also accredited to Chile) 1969-1970.
Vice-President of Zambia 1970-1973, Prime Minister 1973-1975, 1977-1978.
Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General 1975-1977. Legal Practitioner 1981-1984.
Ambassador to People"s Republic of China 1984-1989. Secretary-General 3rd Non-Aligned Conference (Lusaka) 1970.
President Organization of African Unity Mediation Commission since 1971.
Chairman Commission, on Establishment of One Party Participatory Democracy 1971-1972. Chairman Zambian Industrial and Mining Corporation Limited. (Z1MCO) 1977-1978; delegation to numerous international congresses.
Membership
Interim; Central Committee 1969-1981, Secretary-General 197881. United Nations Inter-Action Council of Fmr. Heads of Government since 1983.
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Married Yolanta Mainza in 1953.
