Gabriel Maka

Gabriel Maka
Ambassador to Egypt
In office 2003–2004
Minister of Tourism
In office 1995–1996
Preceded by	Christon Tembo
Succeeded by	Amusaa Mwanamwambwa
Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training
In office 1993–1995
Minister of Community Development and Social Services
In office 1991–1993
Succeeded by	Nakatindi Wina
Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi
In office 1991–1996
Succeeded by	Macdonald Nkabika
Personal details
Died	2011
Political party	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy

Gabriel Kanyenda Maka (died 2011) was a Zambian politician and diplomat. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi from 1991 until 1996 and was the Zambian Ambassador to Egypt between 2003 and 2004.

Biography

Maka contested the Kapiri Mposhi seat as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate in the 1991 general elections and was elected with a 4,300 majority over his United National Independence Party opponent.^[1] He was subsequently appointed Minister of Community Development and Social Services and later Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training and Minister of Tourism. He ran for re-election in the 1996 general elections, but was defeated by independent candidate Macdonald Nkabika by a margin of 294 votes.^[2]

In 1998 Maka was appointed High Commissioner to Nigeria.^[3] He subsequently served as Ambassador to Egypt between 2003 and 2004.^[4] He died in 2011.^[5]

References

1. Central Province election results 1991 Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
2. Central Province election results 1996 Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
3. Chiluba prods envoy Maka Times of Zambia, 27 May 1998
4. Past Past and Present Ambassadors to Egypt^{[permanent dead link‍]} Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
5. The Week in Pictures(updated) Lusaka Times, 11 February 2011