{{short description|Zambian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Davies Chama | image = | caption = | office = Minister of Defence | president = Edgar Lungu | predecessor = Richwell Siamunene | successor = Ambrose Lufuma | term_start = 15 September 2016 | term_end = August 2021 | office2 = Nominated member of the National Assembly | term_start2 = 2016 | term_end2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|08|21|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Patriotic Front | occupation = Agriculturist }}
'''Davies Chama''' (born 21 August 1964)<ref name=NA>[http://www.parliament.gov.zm/node/5754 Chama Davies] National Assembly of Zambia</ref> is a Zambian politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly and a former Minister of Defence.
==Biography== Chama earned a diploma in agriculture and worked as an agriculturalist.<ref name=NA/> After joining the Patriotic Front party, he contested the Kabwe Central seat in the 2006 general elections, but was defeated by the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy's Kayula Kakusa by a margin of 171 votes.<ref>[http://www.elections.org.zm/media/parliamentary_results_2006.pdf 2006 parliamentary election results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417040936/http://www.elections.org.zm/media/parliamentary_results_2006.pdf |date=2018-04-17 }} Electoral Commission of Zambia</ref> He subsequently became chair of the party's Lusaka Province branch, and later Secretary-General.<ref name=ZO>{{cite news|url=http://www.zambianobserver.com/davies-chama-defence-minister-one-of-the-most-clean-man-i-know-in-pf/|title=Davies Chama, Defence Minister one of the most clean man I know in PF|work=Zambian Observer|date=20 October 2016|accessdate=2018-04-05}}</ref>
In September 2016 Chama was appointed Minister of Defence in President Edgar Lungu's new cabinet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://zambiareports.com/2016/09/14/mutati-new-finance-minister-pres-lungu-unveils-part-cabinet/|title=Mutati Is New Finance Minister As Pres. Lungu Unveils Part Cabinet|author=Phiri, Chris|work=Zambia Reports|date=14 September 2016|accessdate=2018-04-05|archive-date=2017-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803051457/https://zambiareports.com/2016/09/14/mutati-new-finance-minister-pres-lungu-unveils-part-cabinet/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the same time he was also nominated to be a member of the National Assembly.<ref name=NA/>
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