Davies Chama
Davies Chama is a Zambian politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly and Minister of Defence.Biography
Chama earned a diploma in agriculture and worked as an agriculturalist. After joining the Patriotic Front party, he contested the Kabwe Central seat in the 2006 general elections, but was defeated by the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy's Kayula Kakusa by a margin of 171 votes. He subsequently became chair of the party's Lusaka Province branch, and later Secretary-General.
In September 2016 Chama was appointed Minister of Defence in President Edgar Lungu's new cabinet. At the same time he was also nominated to be a member of the National Assembly.
