Inonge Wina

Inonge Mutukwa Wina (born 2 April 1941) is a Zambian politician who served as the 13th Vice President from 2015 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold the position, which made her the highest ranking woman in the history of the Zambian government.

Education Wina attended primary school in Senanga and the Barotse National School (now Kambule Secondary School) in Mongu. She eventually completed her high school education at Santa Monica High School in Los Angeles, California. She obtained a diploma in social work at Santa Monica College.

In the Red Ribbon Campaign to defend the Zambian Constitution in 2000, Wina led the women's movement. Wina also served on the boards of Refuge Services Zambia, the Zambia Council of Social Services, the University Teaching Hospital, and the University of Zambia Council in the public sector.

Political career In 2001 Wina was elected as Member of Parliament of Nalolo Constituency as a candidate of the United Party for National Development.

Wina re-contested her Nalolo seat as a United Liberal Party candidate in the 2006 general election. She lost the election and appealed the results to the High Court; the case was initially decided in her favor, but the Supreme Court eventually overturned it. She then joined the Patriotic Front and was appointed the party's chairperson in 2007. On March 8, 2012, Sata, during the commemoration of International Women's Day, upgraded the gender cabinet division into a full ministry and subsequently appointed Wina as Minister of Gender and Child Development.

On 26 January 2015, newly elected President Edgar Lungu appointed Wina as Vice President of Zambia. She ran on Lungu's ticket in the 2016 general election, becoming the first woman elected as Vice President. She then announced her intention to retire ahead of the 2021 general election.

Personal life She was married to Arthur Wina, an independence fighter, former minister and academic who died on 3 September 1995. They had three children, two of whom are deceased. Arthur Wina was educated at Munali Secondary School which, in colonial times, was Zambia's principal secondary school for native Zambians. A number of the members of Zambia's first post-Independence cabinet, (including Arthur Wina's brother Sikota), were also educated at Munali.