Paul J. F. Lusaka

Paul John Firmino Lusaka (10 January 1935 – 11 November 1996 ) was a Zambian politician and diplomat who became President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1984.

Life and politics Lusaka

His 1963 Master's Degree in Political Geography was from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and he was also trained in diplomacy by the Canadian United Nations contingent. In 1964 he was at the Zambian High Commission in London where he rose to the position of Deputy High Commissioner in 1965, which he held until 1968.

The United Nations

In 1979 he became the Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as President of the United Nations Council for Namibia.

Family Lusaka was married and had nine children.