Joyce Mpanga

Joyce Rovincer Mpanga (née Masembe; 22 January 1934 – 18 November 2023) was a Ugandan politician and member of the Lukiiko from 2009.

Mpanga was born on 22 January 1934 in Mityana, Uganda and attended Gayaza High School.

[1] Mpanga began her career as a teacher at Makerere College in 1958 and deputy headmistress of Gayaza High School in 1962.

[2] Mpanga left for England in exile a year after the 1966 attack of Lubiri and returned to Uganda in 1972.

[3] In 1988, Mpanga became Uganda's first Minister of Women in Development and was succeeded by Gertrude Byekwaso Lubega.

Amb.Brown with Hon. Mpanga