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Luke Mwananshiku

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Luke Mwananshiku
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1986–1990
PresidentKenneth Kaunda
Prime MinisterKebby Musokotwane
Malimba Masheke
Preceded byLameck Goma
Succeeded byBenjamin Mibenge
Minister of Finance and National Planning
In office
1983–1985
PresidentKenneth Kaunda
Prime MinisterNalumino Mundia
Preceded byKebby Musokotwane
Succeeded byLavu Mulimba
Governor of the Bank of Zambia
In office
1976–1981
PresidentKenneth Kaunda
Preceded byBitwell Kuwani
Succeeded byBitwell Kuwani
Personal details
Born1938
Died2 March 2003
NationalityZambian
OccupationEconomist

Luke Mwananshiku (1938 – March 2, 2003) was a Zambian banker, businessman, politician and diplomat. He was a government minister under Zambia's first president, Kenneth Kaunda, serving as the governor of the Bank of Zambia from 1976 to 1981,[1] and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1990. Mwananshiku was also Minister of Finance from 1982 to 1987. He served as a director of the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines and of the International Monetary Fund.[2] He died at the Trust Hospital in Lusaka of heart failure in 2003.

References

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  1. ^ "Governors". www.boz.zm.
  2. ^ Good, Kenneth (1 January 1986). "Systemic Agricultural Mismanagement: The 1985 'Bumper' Harvest in Zambia". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 24 (2): 257–284. doi:10.1017/s0022278x0000687x. JSTOR 160693. S2CID 153678173.