Christon Tembo
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Lt. Gen. Christon Tembo (born 1944) is a former vice-president and army commander in Zambia.[1] He was foreign minister from 1995 to 1996 and then vice-president from 1997 to 2001.[2] He ran for president in the December 2001 election and took third place, with about 13% of the vote.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Tembo: Waiting in the wings", BBC News, December 17, 2001.
- ^ Entry on the Contemporary Africa Database.
- ^ Elections in Zambia, African Elections Database.