Daniel Munkombwe was a Zambian politician. He worked as a political organizer and administrator for the ZANC in Northern Rhodesia before and after independence. He was elected to Parliament for Choma constituency in 1973 and served for 19 years. In 2001, he was appointed Minister for the Southern Province by Levy Mwanawasa and continued in that and other government posts until 2015, having been subsequently appointed by Rupiah Banda and Michael Sata.
Munkombwe was born on May 16 in Mbole Village in the Choma District of Zambia's Southern Province. He attended primary school at Macha Central and Muyanda Primary, and did his upper standards at Sikalongo Boys School. He then attended Matopo Mission School in Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia at the time).
According to Munkombwe, he was inspired to enter politics by the example of his uncles, Elijah Mudenda, Simon Mudenda and Samspon Mwaanga (father of Vernon J. Mwaanga), all of whom were politically active in the period before independence.
The following dates are taken from Munkombwe's autobiography.
1932 - Born, May 16 in Mbole Village<br /> 1950 - Attended Sikalongo Mission School<br /> 1952 - Attended Matopo Mission School<br /> 1953 - Attended African National Conference of Northern Rhodesia at Monze with Joshua Nkomo, Ndabaningi Sithole and Lepold Takawira. Harry Nkumbula and Kenneth Kaunda were elected as new ANC officials.<br /> 1955 - Elected Secretary of the Livingstone District of the Northern Rhodesia ANC<br /> 1956 - Shop boycott called by Northern Rhodesian ANC to protest mistreatment of black workers<br /> 1956 - December 27, married Ellah Moono at Macha Mission<br /> 1958 - ANC split into two groups: ANC (led by Nkumbula) and ZANC (led by Kaunda)<br /> 1959 - Elected Provincial Vice President of Southern Province ANC<br /> 1962 - Elected President of Southern Province ANC<br /> 1964 - Independence<br /> 1965 - Joined UNIP and became Kalomo Regional Secretary<br /> 1968 - Was defeated for Parliament and refused a Civil Service position. Went back to farm.<br /> 1972 - "Choma Declaration" signed in Choma Secondary School Hall<br /> 1973 - Elected Member of Parliament for Choma Central Constituency<br /> 1978 - 2nd election to Parliament<br /> 1983 - 3rd election to Parliament. Between 1983-88, appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Development, the Ministry of Tourism, and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources<br /> 1988 - 4th election to Parliament. Appointed by Kenneth Kaunda as Cabinet Minister for Decentralization.<br /> 1991 - Kaunda defeated; multi-party democracy established. Munkombwe defeated as MP for Choma.<br /> 1991-2001 - Provincial Chairman of MMD<br /> 2001 - defeated a 3rd time. <br /> 2001 - Appointed by Levy Mwanawasa as Southern Province Minister. 2015 - Retired to his farm near Choma. 2018 - Passed on early hours of June 15, in Livingstone.