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Charles Milupi
Zambian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Milupi is a Zambian politician.[1] He is the current Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development of Zambia since September 17, 2021 and is a nominated member of parliament.[2][3] He is the president of the Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) and the chairperson of the UPND Alliance.[4]
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Charles Milupi stood as an independent member of parliament (MP) for Luena constituency at the 2006 general election and won the seat.
On 14 May 2010, Milupi established his own party known as Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD)[5] and thus could no-longer be an independent candidate.[5] A by-election was held for the Luena MP seat, with Milupi contesting as the candidate for his newly-formed political party.[5] He won the by-election and retained his parliamentary seat up until the end of the term in 2011.[6] He participated in the 2011 general election as the presidential candidate for his party[7][8] and got the fourth-highest number of votes in a field of ten candidates with 0.9% of the vote.[9]
In late 2018, an alliance of 10 political parties in Zambia was formed, named the Opposition Alliance, with the ADD being one of the ten parties and Milupi being the chairperson of the alliance.[10][11] In February 2021, ahead of the 2021 general election, the Opposition Alliance was rebranded as the UPND Alliance and Milupi remained as the chairperson of the alliance.[12][13] The alliance members decided to endorse Hakainde Hichilema of the UPND as their sole presidential candidate.[12] After the UPND won that election, Milupi was appointed as the Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development and therefore received a nominated seat in Parliament.[3][2]
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