Rex Natala
Rex Natala | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly for Bweengwa | |
| In office 1978–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Nkumbula |
| Succeeded by | Eli Mwanang'onze |
| Personal details | |
| Died | January 2011 |
| Political party | United National Independence Party |
Amon Rex Natala (died January 2011)[1] was a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Bweengwa from 1978 until 1988.[2]
Biography
[edit]Natala was elected to the National Assembly in the 1978 after former Bweengwa MP Harry Nkumbula was deselected by the United National Independence Party (UNIP), then the sole legal party in the country. He was re-elected in 1983 general elections, before being replaced as the UNIP candidate by Eli Mwanang'onze for the 1988 general elections.
Away from politics, Natala was a farmer and chair of the organising committee of the Lwiindi Gonde ceremony.[3][4] He was a cousin of politician Anderson Mazoka.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "RB to attend burial of former UNIP colleague in Mazabuka" Zambia Watchdog, 29 January 2011
- ^ "Development beam twinkles Bweengwa constituency" Daily Mail, 24 April 2016
- ^ "Debates- Wednesday, 12th December, 2012". National Assembly of Zambia. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Account for loans, urges Banda" Lusaka Times, 6 July 2010
- ^ "Zambia: A Tonga Must Replace Mazoka - Rex Natala" The Post, 7 June 2006