Statecraft & Independence
Distinguished
Arthur Wina
1929 β 1995
Zambia's first Minister of Finance
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Zambia Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
He organised for independence from abroad, then came home to write the new country's first budgets as its first finance minister.
Arthur Wina was appointed UNIP's representative in the United States in early 1960, where he pressed the case for a solid overseas organisation uniting Zambians behind independence.
He went on to become independent Zambia's first Minister of Finance.
He went on to become independent Zambia's first Minister of Finance.
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