What is Maureen Mwanawasa?
{{Infobox First Lady | name = Maureen Mwanawasa | image = Maureen Mwanawasa.jpg | order = [[Former First Lady of Zambia]] | term_label = In role | term_start = January 2, 2002 | term_end = August 19, 2008 | predecessor = [[Vera Tembo]] | successor = [[Thandiwe Banda]] | president = [[Levy Mwanawasa]] | occupation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1963|4|28}} | birth_place = [[Kabwe]], [[Zambia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|8|13|1963|4|28}} | death_place = [[Lusaka]], Zambia | spouse = [[Levy Mwanawasa]] (1988–2008; his death) | children = | party = [[United Party for National Development|UPND]] | alma_mater = }} '''Maureen Mwanawasa''' (April 28, 1963 &ndash; August 13, 2024) was a [[Zambia]]n politician and former [[First Lady of Zambia]] from 2002 until 2008. She was also the [[widow]] of former [[President of Zambia|President]] [[Levy Mwanawasa]], who died in office in 2008. She was the past president of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS and founder of the Maureen Mwanawasa Community Initiative (MMCI) in 2002. == Political career == As early as 2006, Mwanawasa was seen as a potential candidate for president of the country,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=315|title=How The G Factor May Help The MMD Should Maureen Mwanawasa Run|last=Mumba|first=Brainwave R.|date=November 26, 2007|publisher=The Zambian Chronicle|access-date=4 November 2010|archive-date=1 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201060320/http://zambianchronicle.com/?p=315|url-status=dead}}</ref> but following her husband's death she did not file as a potential candidate to represent her husband's party in the [[Zambian presidential election, 2008|election]]. In May 2016, Mwanawasa announced she was going to contest in the [[Zambian general election, 2016|2016 general election]] for the sit of [[Mayor]] of [[Lusaka]] under the [[United Party for National Development]] (UPND).<ref name=lt2>{{cite news|title=Former F