- N’gandu Peter Magande
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Ng'andu Peter Magande, an economist, served as the Minister Of Finance And National Planning of the Republic of Zambia from 2003 to 2008.[1] He served as a Member of Parliament for Chilanga Constituency from 2006 until 2010 and the Chairman of the MMD Party Committee on Economy and Finance.[2]
Magande was born July 5, 1947 in Namaila, in the Mazabuka district of the Southern Province in Zambia.
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Career
He began his career in 1971 as a cadet in the Zambia civil service, and then from 1972- 1980 was an economist in the Ministry Of Rural Development, He was then successively Under Secretary for Economics of the Zambia National Service, and Director Of Budget in the Ministry Of Finance. From 1983–1986, he served as Permanent Secretary for the Ministry Of Commerce, Industry & Trade, Ministry Of Decentralisation (Central Province), Ministry Of Agriculture & Rural Development, and the National Commission For Development Planning.
Retiring from government service, from December 1986 - March 1991, he was Managing Director, Lima Bank Limited, a newly incorporated development bank. He then became Executive Director, Industrial Development Corporation Of Zambia (INDECO), and, from November 1991 -May 1993, Managing Director, Zambia National Commercial Bank, the largest commercial bank in Zambia; following that, Executive Director of the Zambia Industrial & Mining Company Ltd (ZIMCO).
In June 1994, he returned to government service as a Project Coordinator to the Ministry Of Agriculture, Food And Fisheries. From July 1996 until February 2000, he served as the Secretary-General of the African, Caribbean And Pacific Group of States (ACP), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.[3]
Memberships and honours
- Fellow of the Economic Development Institute (FEDI) of the World Bank.
- Member and past Chairman (1995–1996) of the Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ).
- Vice-Chairman of the Board of the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), 1996-2000.
- Member of the American Management Institute International 1996-2000.
- Member of the Governance Panel of Consultants of the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom Government.
- Commander of the Order of the Republic of Benin (COB) in recognition of service to the ACP-EU international community and to the negotiations for the 20-year Cotonou Agreement, March 21, 2009.
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Categories:- 1947 births
- Living people
- Zambian economists
- Government ministers of Zambia
- Members of the National Assembly of Zambia
- Movement for Multi-Party Democracy politicians
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