George Kunda

George Kunda (26 February 1956 – 16 April 2012) was a Zambian lawyer and politician who was the 11th vice-president of Zambia from 2008 to 2011.

The son of a miner, Kunda studied at Serenje Boys Technical School and obtained a law degree from the University of Zambia and began practicing on April 28, 1982.

He started his career at the Luanshya Municipal Council as a solicitor before creating his own law firm in 1990.

President Levy Mwanawasa appointed him to the positions of Minister of Justice and Attorney General in 2002.

[6] Kunda brought up the topic of homosexuality in the months leading to the 2011 elections as a "wedge issue"[7] by addressing the Parliament of Zambia on 18 March 2011 and highlighted that homosexuality in Zambia is illegal and punishable in the Zambian law.