Fwanyanga Mulikita

Fwanyanga Mulikita
Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 1988–1991
Preceded by	Robinson Nabulyato
Succeeded by	Robinson Nabulyato
Minister of Education
In office 1973–1976
Minister of Power, Transport and Works
In office 1971–1973
Minister of Labour and Social Services
In office 1970–1971
Minister for Luapula Province
In office 1969–1970
Member of the National Assembly for Mongu
In office 1973–1978
Preceded by	Mufaya Mumbuna
Nominated Member of the National Assembly
In office 1969–1973
Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations
In office 1965–1966
Succeeded by	Joseph Ben Mwemba
Personal details
Born	24 November 1928 Sefula, Northern Rhodesia
Died	2 September 1998(1998-09-02) (aged 69) Lusaka, Zambia
Political party	UNIP
Profession	Teacher, writer, civil servant

Fwanyanga Matale Mulikita (24 November 1928 – 2 September 1998) was a Zambian politician. He held several ministerial positions during the late 1960s and 1970s, and was later Speaker of the National Assembly

Biography

Mulikita was born in Sefula in the Barotseland region of Northern Rhodesia in 1928. He attended Barotseland National School for his primary education, before moving onto Munali Secondary School in Lusaka. He then attended the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, earning a BA. After obtaining a scholarship, he studied at Stanford and Columbia University in the United States, earning an MA in psychology.

Upon returning to Northern Rhodesia, Mulikita worked as a teacher and an education officer. After taking a correspondence course in journalism he started writing short stories. Following independence in 1964 he was appointed Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education. He was later posted to the United Nations as the country's first Permanent Representative, before returning home to become Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1967.

Following the 1968 general elections, Mulikita was appointed as a member of the National Assembly by President Kenneth Kaunda, and was also made Minister for Luapula Province. He subsequently became Minister of Labour and Social Services in 1970 and Minister of Power, Transport and Works in 1971.

Mulikita was appointed Minister of Education in August 1973. In the December 1973 general elections Mulikita was elected to the National Assembly in the Mongu constituency. In 1976 he left the cabinet.

In 1988 Mulikita returned to the National Assembly after being elected as its Speaker. He held the post until being replaced by Robinson Nabulyato in 1991. In 1992 he became Chancellor of Copperbelt University. He died at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka on 2 September 1998.

Personal life

Mulikita was married with four children and owned a farm at Chilanga.