Edgar Chagwa Lungu is a Zambian politician and lawyer. He holds two
portfolios in the current government as Justice and Defence Minister and
is recognized as president of the ruling Patriotic Front by the dominant
faction of the party, which also has adopted him as PF candidate for the
Zambian presidential by-election in January 2015. Lungu is also a Member of Parliament for Chawama constituency.He is a christian by faith.
Biography
Lungu was born 11 November 1956 in Chavuma in Eastern Province.
After graduating with a LL.B. in 1981 from University of Zambia, he
joined the law firm Andre Masiye and Company in Lusaka. He
subsequently underwent military officer training at Miltez in Kabwe. He
then returned to practicing law and joined the United Party for National
Development under the leadership of Anderson Mazoka, but later
switched to the Patriotic Front (PF) led by party founder Michael Sata.
After PF won the 2011 election, Lungu became Junior Minister in the Vice
President’s office. He was subsequently promoted to Minister of Home
Affairs and later obtained the influential Ministry of Justice. He became
Minister of Defence in 2013 after the sacking of Geoffrey Bwalya
Mwamba and functioned as Acting President during President Sata's long
term illness in 2013-14.
He has also held a string of central positions in
his party, including Chair for the PF Central Committee on Discipline, and
became Secretary General (SG) in 2013 after Wynter Kabimba was fired.
He currently still serves as the Zambian Minister of Defence and Justice
Minister. He is the president of the PF political party in
power the PF.
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