Killion Munyama
| Killion Munyama | |
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| Member of the Sejm | |
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Assumed office 9 October 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Killion Munzele Munyama 10 July 1961 Monze, Zambia |
| Political party | Civic Platform |
| Spouse(s) | Elżbieta |
| Alma mater | Poznań University of Economics |
Killion Munzele Munyama (born 10 July 1961) is a Zambian-born Polish economist, academic lecturer, politician and a delegate to the Polish parliament (the 7th and 8th Sejm) since 2011.[1]
Biography
Munyama was born in Monze, Zambia. Later his family moved to Mumbwa and then to Mkushi where Munyama grew up on a farm. He came to Poland on a scholarship in 1981 to study International Finance.[1] Munyama has stated that initially he planned on returning to Zambia after graduation, as he saw no opportunities for academics in communist Poland. However, after the [fall of Communism in Poland]] he changed his mind as he saw an opportunity for improvement and a "chance to rid (the country) of the grey reality of communism".[2]
Education
He graduated from the Poznań University of Economics in 1987. After graduation he worked for the Zambian government and then returned to Poland in 1994. He obtained his PhD from the Poznań University of Economics in 1994, with a dissertation "IMF Conditionality and the Problem of Structural Adjustment in the Zambian Economy".[3] In 2012 he habilitated, based on his work "Economic Growth and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries: The Case of IMF Programmes in Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia" (Wzrost gospodarczy a rozwój finansowy w Afryce Subsaharyjskiej na przykładzie programów MFW w Kenii, Mozambiku, Ugandzie i Zambii).[4][5]
Munyama's fields of specialisation are banking and international finance. He has been working at the Poznań University of Economics since obtaining his doctorate and has also taught at the Bydgoszcz Higher School of Economics.[6]
Political career
In the 2002 elections Munyama was elected as a delegate to the local council of Grodzisk Wielkopolski County.[7] In 2006 he joined the Civic Platform centre-right party and was elected to the Greater Poland Regional Assembly. In the 2011 elections he was elected to the Sejm.[1]
Munyama describes his views as liberal and pro-market. As a Sejm deputy he has worked on issues of government finance and foreign policy.[2]
Along with John Godson, he is one of the two parliamentarians in the Polish (7th) Sejm of African descent.[2]
Family and personal life
Killion Munyama is married to Elżbieta, a native of Grodzisk county. They have three children and reside in Karczewo. Munyama is a supporter of the Lech Poznań and the local Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski football clubs.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Silwamba, Chibaula (4 November 2011). "Dr Killion Munyama: Poland's Zambian-born, bred MP". Sunday Post Online. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Henzel, Przemyslaw (2 November 2012). "Killion Munyama: to była ogromna przepaść". onet.wiadomosci. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "Visit to Zambia: meeting with Zambian graduates of Polish universities". News. The Chancellery of the Prime Minister (of Poland). Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ Munyama, Killion (2011). Economic Growth and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries: The Case of IMF Programmes in Kenya, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia. Poznań University of Economics Press. ISBN 8374175621.
- ↑ "dr hab. Killion Munzele Munyama". Nauka Polska. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "Doktor nauk ekonomicznych, Killion Munyama, CV" (PDF) (Press release). Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ "Wybory do rad powiatów: wyniki głosowania i wyniki wyborów". Powiat grodziski, województwo wielkopolskie. Panstwowa Komisja Wyborcza. 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2014.