CANADA - MARCH 04: Kalombo Mwansa, Zambian minister of mines and mineral development, poses at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's mining trade show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (Photo by Norm Betts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Kalombo Mwansa (born 1955) is a Zambian politician who served as Defence Minister.
Kalombo Mwansa became Zambia’s Defense Minister on July 9, 2009
He was previously the foreign minister of Zambia from July 19, 2002 until January 2005, when he switched positions with Ronnie Shikapwasha in a cabinet reshuffle and became home affairs minister until August 2005.
Kalombo would focus more also on his family
Mwansa became home minister again after the 2008 presidential election, serving from November 18, 2008, until July 2009 when he became Defense Minister in another cabinet reshuffle.
Kalombo was aSenior Lecturer, and Dean, Law School.
He was Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cabinet Office and a Member of Parliament.
Kalombo also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Intermarket Bank, Zambia.
During his service in the Ministries, he supervised the initiation and implementation of reforms in the Zambia Police Service under which the following were introduced; Police Public Complaints Authority, Victim Support Unity, Community Policing and Human Rights Training at Police Training Schools.
He has published a number of articles in the area of Criminal Law and Criminology. In addition, he has published a book in Criminology.