10 Things You Didn’t Know About George Kunda

George Kunda was a Zambian lawyer and politician who was Vice-President of Zambia from 2008 to 2011.
He served under President Rupiah Banda until their party’s loss to Michael Sata’s party .
The son of a miner, Kunda obtained a law degree from the University of Zambia and began practicing on April 28, 1982.
He started his career at the Luanshya Municipal Council as a solicitor before creating his own law firm in 1990.
While Kunda did not compete in the 2001 parliamentary election, he gained one of the eight appointed seats in Parliament.
George was removed from the position of Attorney General by Mwanawasa and appointed Mumba Malila in 2006 while leaving Kunda with his position of Justice Minister.
From 2008 to September 2011, Kunda served as Vice President during Rupiah Banda’s presidency.
Kunda stated that Zambia was interested in expanding their mining resources, such as iron ore and uranium at a mining conference in June 2011.
In May 2010, Kunda claimed that homosexuality could lead to “sadism and Satanism”. He brought up the topic of homosexuality in the months leading to the 2011 elections as a “wedge issue.
On 16 April 2012, Kunda died of a kidney failure. He was buried at Leopards Hill Memorial Park in Lusaka on 20 April 2012.