Gwendoline Noreen Chomba Konie (9 October 1938 – 14 March 2009) was a Zambian poet, diplomat and politician.
[2] In 1962, she was chosen by Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone, the Governor-General of Northern Rhodesia, to become a member of her country's Legislative Council.
[3] She then trained for the Foreign Office and rose to be Zambia's Ambassador and Plenipotentiary to Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland from 1974 to 1977.
[3] After Kenneth Kaunda lost power she was retained as a diplomat by President Frederick Chiluba until 1997.
She stood for the Social Democratic Party which she formed in August 2000 to concentrate on issues important to women and children.