Felix Mutati was elected as the Member of Parliament for
Lunte constituency in three consecutive elections (
2001,
2006 and
2011) as the
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate. Under the presidency of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (
Levy Mwanawasa and
Rupiah Banda), Mutati served as the
Minister of Energy and Water Development from 2002 to 2004 and as the
Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2011. Under the presidency of
Edgar Lungu, Mutati served as
Minister of Finance from September 2016 to February 2018 and as
Minister of Works and Supply from February 2018 to November 2018 as a nominated member of parliament. On 12 October 2020, Mutati left the
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy and launched a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). On 7 May 2021, the MDC decided to join a newly-formed alliance named the
Zambia We Want Alliance (ZWW) together with the Zambia Shall Prosper Movement (ZSP; led by
Kelvin Fube Bwalya), the
Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED; led by Ernest Mwansa) and Movement for Change and Equality (MCE; led by Kaluba Simuyemba). Two days later, the Zambia We Want Alliance, which includes the MDC, merged into the
UPND Alliance, another alliance of political parties, and supported the presidency of
Hakainde Hichilema, declaring that the MDC would not field its own candidate at the
2021 general election. After the
UPND won that election, Mutati was appointed the
Minister of Technology and Science and was therefore a nominated member of
Parliament. == References ==