Kalombo Mwansa

Political career

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, when he became mines and development minister in another cabinet reshuffle. He 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.