Victoria Kalima Phiri was a Zambian politician who was Minister of Gender and member of the National Assembly for Kasenengwa from 2016 and 2011, respectively, till her death.
11 Facts About Victoria Kalima
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Victoria Kalima attended Kabale Primary School and Lwitikila Girls School in Mpika.
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Victoria Kalima studied for an MBA at Cavendish University in Lusaka and gained diplomas in agricultural business management and international relations.
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Victoria Kalima then started a company from scratch, plant agr-chem services, growing it to one of the best agro dealerships in Zambia.
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Victoria Kalima worked as a business administrator for the Zambia Cooperate Federation in Lusaka from 1994 to 1998.
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Victoria Kalima was selected as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate for the Kasenengwa constituency for the 2011 general elections.
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Victoria Kalima was re-selected as the MMD candidate and contested the 2014 by-election, in which she was returned to the National Assembly with a reduced majority of 7,452.
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Victoria Kalima was re-elected to the National Assembly with a 9,259 vote majority.
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Victoria Kalima was a widow, and the goddaughter of former President Rupiah Banda.
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Victoria Kalima had two children and was a devout Christian.
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Victoria Kalima died at Maina Soko Military Hospital in Lusaka on 11 June 2018 at the age of 45.