Enoch P. Kavindele (born 7 July 1950)The Parliament of Zambia: Public Parliamentary Handbook, 2004, p39 is a Zambian businessman and politician who served as the seventh vice-president of Zambia from 2001 until 2003.
Biography Kavindele began his business career in the 1970s when he established Woodgate Holdings.Enoch Kavindele NorthWest Rail He was originally a member of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) and was elected to the National Assembly in the Chingola constituency in a by-election in 1987. In 1991 he launched a leadership challenge to Kenneth Kaunda, but withdrew after receiving little support.Jacqueline Audrey Kalley, Elna Schoeman & Lydia Eve Andor (1999) Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997, Greenwood Publishing Group, p700 He was the UNIP candidate in Chingola in the 1991 general elections, but was heavily defeated by Ludwig Sondashi of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD).Copperbelt results in the 1991 general elections Electoral Commission of Zambia In 1992 he left UNIP to form the United Democratic Party, which gained several seats on local councils. However, he later dissolved the party the following year and joined the MMD.
A by-election was held in Chingola in 1995 after Sondashi defected to the National Party and Kavindele was chosen as the MMD candidate. After winning the by-election with 86% of the vote, he became a member of the National Assembly again.Daniel N. Posner (2005) Institutions and Ethnic Politics in Africa, Cambridge University Press, p232 He retained the seat in the 1996 general elections with a 14,000 majority.Copperbelt results in the 1996 general elections Electoral Commission of Zambia He was subsequently removed from Minister of Science and Technology. In 1997 he was moved to become Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry.New Vice-President Tembo says: I feel great The Post, 3 December 1997 However, he was sacked in September 1998.
Kavindele was appointed Minister of Health in 2000,Health Woes: Is Kavindele the Cure? Times of Zambia, 23 November 2000 a post he held until being appointed Vice-President in 2001 by President Frederick Chiluba. In the December 2001 general elections he ran as the MMD candidate in Kabompo West. He defeated the incumbent MP Daniel Kalenga and was elected with a majority of 1,756.2001 parliamentary election results Electoral Commission of Zambia He was removed from his post of Vice-President by new President Levy Mwanawasa in May 2003.Zambian leader survives sack bid BBC News, 14 August 2003
Prior to the 2006 general elections, Kavindele was not selected as the MMD candidate for Kabompo West and was replaced by former opponent Daniel Kalenga. He contested the elections as an independent, giving up his MMD membership,MMD disowns Kavindele Lusaka Times, 16 November 2009 but was defeated by Kalenga by over 2,000 votes.2006 parliamentary election results Electoral Commission of Zambia
Kavindele later became Chair of the North-Western Railway Company.Minister to meet Kavindele Times of Zambia, 5 March 2018
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