List of Presidents of Zambia
From Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia
Presidents of Zambia (1964–present)
- Parties
United National Independence Party (UNIP)
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD)
Patriotic Front (PF)
- Key
§ Elected unopposed
† Died in office
№ | Picture | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Took office | Left office | Political Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenneth Kaunda (1924–) |
1968 1973[§] 1978[§] 1983[§] 1988[§] |
24 October 1964 | 2 November 1991 | UNIP | |
2 | Frederick Chiluba (1943–2011) |
1991 1996 |
2 November 1991 | 2 January 2002 | MMD | |
3 | Levy Mwanawasa (1948–2008) |
2001 2006 |
2 January 2002 | 19 August 2008 (died in office) |
MMD | |
— | Rupiah Banda (1937–) Acting President[1] |
— | 29 June 2008 | 2 November 2008 | MMD | |
4 | Rupiah Banda (1937–) |
2008 | 2 November 2008 | 23 September 2011 | ||
5 | Michael Sata (1937–2014) |
2011 | 23 September 2011 | 28 October 2014 (died in office) |
PF | |
— | Guy Scott (1944–) Acting President[2] |
— | 28 October 2014 | 25 January 2015 | PF | |
6 | Edgar Lungu | 2015 | 25 January 2015 | Incumbent | PF |