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Joseph Katema

Zambian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ19560944 ↗
Source-derived summary

Joseph Katema (20 November 1961 – 2 August 2026) was a Zambian politician who served as the Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs from January 2015 to May 2016. He died on 2 August 2026, at the age of 64.

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The public source identifies “Joseph Katema” as zambian politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Joseph, Katema and Zambian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1961, 2026, 2015, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1961-11-20. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Joseph, Katema and Zambian providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19560944. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1961, 2026, 2015 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Joseph Katema” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.