Godfrey Miyanda was born on 1944 and is a Zambian politician and former military figure.
20 Facts About Godfrey Miyanda
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Godfrey Miyanda later attended Buseko and Kawama Primary schools in Kitwe.
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Godfrey Miyanda later attended Katete and Munali secondary schools up to form five.
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Godfrey Miyanda attended a one year part-time course in Business Management at Evelyn Hone College of Higher Education.
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Godfrey Miyanda attended an officers course at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England.
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Godfrey Miyanda did further training at Hythe in Kent and another course at Warminster in England.
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Godfrey Miyanda attended a Staff Officers course in Canada in 1968.
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Godfrey Miyanda has held several positions in the Army, including Platoon Commander, Emplaning, Intelligence Officer, Adjutant, Battalion Second-In-Command, Battalion Commander, General Staff Officer Grade One, and Colonel General Staff at Army Headquarters.
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Godfrey Miyanda established the Zambia Military Academy, being its first head at Kohima Barracks based in Kabwe, Central Province.
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Godfrey Miyanda is a trained Caterpillar salesman, having attended intensive earth-moving science and sales courses in Nairobi, Kenya and Malaga, Spain.
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Godfrey Miyanda learnt to operate most Caterpillar earth moving equipment.
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In 1980, Godfrey Miyanda was dismissed from the army by Kenneth Kaunda for involvement an alleged coup plot.
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Godfrey Miyanda was blacklisted for many years and drove a taxi cab.
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Godfrey Miyanda joined the growing opposition to Kenneth Kaunda and was later one of the senior members of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy.
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Godfrey Miyanda subsequently served under President Frederick Chiluba as Minister without Portfolio and National Secretary of the MMD until 1995.
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In 1993, after the resignation of Levy Mwanawasa, Godfrey Miyanda was appointed as Vice President.
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Godfrey Miyanda was expelled from the MMD, together with the famous twenty-two senior party officials, in 2001 for opposing President Chiluba's third presidential term bid.
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Since 2001 Godfrey Miyanda has served as president of the Heritage Party in Zambia.
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Godfrey Miyanda unsuccessfully ran for president four times.
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In January of 2023, Godfrey Miyanda indicated that he had no desire to return to politics.