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The '''Zambia Alliance for Progress''' (ZAP) was a political party in [[Zambia]].

==History==
The ZAP was formed in 1999 as a merger of six parties;<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/335439.stm ZAP: new party for Zambia ] BBC News, 4 May 1999</ref> including the [[Agenda for Zambia]] (AZ), the Labour Party, the Lima Party, the [[National Citizens' Coalition|National Christian Coalition]] (NCC), the [[National Party (Zambia)|National Party]] (NP) and the [[Zambia Democratic Congress]] (ZDC), as well as the National Pressure Group NGO,<ref>[https://business.highbeam.com/3548/article-1G1-55269336/zambia-alliance-progress-stillborn-baby Zambia Alliance for Progress a still-born baby] Times of Zambia, 26 July 1999</ref> and was headed by ZDC leader [[Dean Mungomba]].

In 2001 it merged into the [[Zambia Republican Party]] (ZRP).<ref>[https://eisa.org.za/wep/zamparties6.htm Zambia: Defunct parties] EISA</ref> However, after disagreements between Mungomba and [[Benjamin Mwila]], the ZAP left the ZRP and re-registered in order to contest the [[Zambian general election, 2001|2001 National Assembly elections]],<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/200106110288.html Zambia: Dissolved Zap Re-Registered] All Africa, 11 June 2001</ref> but failed to win a seat. The AZ, NCC and NP also contested the 2001 elections in opposition to both the ZAP and the ZRP.

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{{Zambian political parties}}

[[Category:Defunct political parties in Zambia]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Zambia]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1999]]
[[Category:2001 disestablishments in Zambia]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2001]]