Tasila Lungu
Tasila Lungu | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office August 2021 – 27 November 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Sichalwe |
| Constituency | Chawama |
| Ward councillor for Nkoloma Ward | |
| In office August 2016 – August 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tasila Lungu 10 May 1983 |
| Party | Patriotic Front |
| Spouse | Patrick Mwansa |
| Parent | Edgar Lungu (father)
Esther Lungu (mother) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Tasila Lungu Mwansa (born May 10, 1983) is a Zambian politician and philanthropist. She is a member of the Patriotic Front and is the former Member of Parliament for Chawama.[1]
Biography
Tasila was born on May 10, 1983. At the age of 12, Tasila and her mother left Zambia for the US and returned after her father's victory in the January 2015 by-election, in which he was chosen to carry out the remainder of the late Michael Sata's term as president.[2]
Political career
Tasila contested for the position of Nkoloma ward councillor in Chawama constituency of Lusaka District at the 2016 general election[3][4] and was elected.[2] She then contested for the position of member of parliament for Chawama constituency at the 2021 general election as the Patriotic Front candidate and was elected.[5]
In November 2025, her parliamentary seat was declared vacant by the speaker, Nelly Mutti, which meant that she wouldn't continue being the member of parliament for Chawama constituency.[6][7][8][9][10]
Personal life
In 2020, Tasila married Patrick Mwansa.[11]
References
- ^ "Tasila Lungu, National Assembly of Zambia".
- ^ a b "Zambia's generation game". The Africa Report.com. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- ^ "Zambia : Tasila Lungu successfully files in for a councillor seat in Chawama". Lusaka Times. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- ^ "Zambia: Tasila Lungu Challenges Women". allAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- ^ "ELECTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN THE 2021 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION".
- ^ "Zambia's Tasila Lungu: Daughter of unburied ex-president loses MP seat". www.bbc.com. 2025-11-28. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ Daka, Precious. "ConCourt refuses to halt Speaker's decision declaring Chawama seat vacant". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "Zambia : Mundubile Questions Cost of Declaring Chawama Seat Vacant". 2025-12-06. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "Zambia declares Tasila Lungu's parliamentary seat vacant | nbc". nbcnews.na. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "If Tasila wasn't Lungu's daughter, how much time could she have been allowed to mourn, keep her seat?". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
- ^ "Tasila Lungu and Patrick Mwansa's wedding in pictures". 26 September 2020.