Elijah Mudenda was a Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

n politician. He served as Prime Minister of Zambia

Prime Minister of Zambia

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 from 27 May 1975 to 20 July 1977.

Mudenda was born in Macha

Macha

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, in the Choma District

Choma District

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 of Southern Province. At independence in 1964, Mudenda became Minister of Agriculture under President Kenneth Kaunda

Kenneth Kaunda

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. He successively served as Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Prime Minister.

Following his death, Mudenda was buried on 6 November 2008 at his Sun Valley farm, located in the New Kasama area of Lusaka

Lusaka

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. At the funeral, Kaunda, President Rupiah Banda

Rupiah Banda

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, and former President Frederick Chiluba

Frederick Chiluba

Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba was a Zambian politician who was the second President of Zambia from 1991 to 2002. Chiluba, a trade union leader, won the country's multi-party presidential election in 1991 as the candidate of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy , defeating long-time President...

 were present. Kaunda said on the occasion that Mudenda "had a vision for the development of this country. A vision for the development of Africa. Indeed, a vision for the advancement and prosperity of our beloved continent", and he stated that Mudenda would have a lasting legacy. Also speaking on the occasion, Education Minister Geoffrey Lungwangwa described Mudenda as a "humble but distinguished servant of the people" and said that Zambia was "grateful for his life and service to Zambia, Africa and the world.".