About Austin Chewe
Austin Chewe was a Zambian politician.
Austin C. Chewe is a Zambian businessman and politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Kabwe from 1996 until 2001.
Biography Chewe served in the Zambian Army, reaching the rank of captain and managing The Sentries, an army-based band. After leaving the army, he became a businessman. He later joined the Forum for Democracy and Development and ran unsuccessfully for the position of chairman in 2001.
Chewe did not stand for re-election in the 2001 general elections and subsequently joined the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). He was expelled from the party in 2005, but readmitted in 2006. Later in the year he was the MMD candidate in Munali in the 2006 general elections. However, he was beaten by Chilufya Mumbi of the Patriotic Front. Chewe later switched his support to the Patriotic Front, campaigning for Edgar Lungu in the 2015 presidential elections.
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