Lutfo Ephraim Dlamini is a politician from Swaziland

Swaziland

Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...

. He is married to Thelma Ncane Smith-Dlamini and has four children. Dlamini has been the foreign minister

Foreign minister

A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

of Swaziland since taking over in October 2008. Prior to appointment as foreign minister, Dlamini was the Minister for Enterprise and Employment, from 1998 to 2008. Lutfo Dlamini is said to be the Minister of Defence that has no political representative but exists as a ministry. He is also the chairman of Philani Maswati Charity organization, a royal intiative to help the elderly people of Swaziland. The patron of Philani Maswati is the Queen mother of Swaziland.