Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema
From Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia
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| Date | 24 August 2021 |
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| Participants | President-elect: Hakainde Hichilema Vice President: Mutale Nalumango |
The inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema as the 7th President of Zambia will be held on 24 August 2021. President-elect Hichilema won by a landslide with over 996,000 votes between him and the Incumbent president Edgar Lungu who got 1,814, 201 votes in the August 2021 presidential election. Hakainde Hichilema is set to take the oath alongside Mutale Nalumango as the Vice-president of Zambia. Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema The venue for the inauguration is Hero Stadium but attendance is restricted to invited guests only due to the Covid-19 preventive protocols.[1] The day of the inauguration was set as a public holiday in Zambia by president Edgar Lungu.[2]
Dignitaries to Attende
| Country | Title | Dignitary | |
|---|---|---|---|
 South Africa
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President | Cyril Ramaphosa | title=Cyril Ramaphosa calls Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema to wish him well and will attend inauguration |
 Malawi
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President | Lazarus Chakwera | |
 Botswana
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President | Mokgweetsi Masisi | |
 Zimbabwe
|
President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
| Country | Title | Dignitary | ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Country data US | Acting Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency | Ms. Enoh T. Ebong | Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Africa | Ms. Dana L. Banks |
| Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim U.S. Embassy Lusaka | Mr. David J. Young |
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