Categories: Zambia Biographies

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Peter Daka

  1. Peter Marvin William Daka (born 3 November 1960 is a Zambian politician
  2. He currently serves as a Member of the National Assembly for Msanzala.
  3. In the 2001 general elections, Daka contested the Msanzala seat as the Heritage Party candidate, finishing fourth with 21% of the vote, whilst Levison Mumba of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) was elected.
  4. Daka defeated Mumba (who ran as the United Party for National Development candidate) and was elected to the National Assembly.
  5. Daka was re-elected in the 2006 general elections with a majority of 2,537.
  6. He was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications.
  7. In 2007 he became Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training.
  8. Peter was moved to Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives in 2009, before being reappointed Minister of Science, Technology and Vocational Training in 2010.
  9. The 2011 general elections saw Daka lose his seat to Joseph Lungu, an independent candidate.
  10. Daka contested the subsequent by-election in 2012 but was defeated again.

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