Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema

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Date	24 August 2021 (2021-08-24)
Participants	Hakainde Hichilema 7th President of Zambia — Assuming office Micheal Musonda Acting Chief Justice of Zambia — Administering oath Mutale Nalumango 14th Vice President of Zambia — Assuming office Micheal Musonda Acting Chief Justice of Zambia — Administering oath

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. The day of the inauguration was set as a public holiday in Zambia by President Edgar Lungu.

Dignitaries to Attende

Country	Title	Dignitary
South Africa	President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Malawi	President and Chairperson Southern African Development Community	Lazarus Chakwera
Botswana	President	Mokgweetsi Masisi
Zimbabwe	President	Emmerson Mnangagwa
Democratic Republic of the Congo	President and Chairperson of the African Union	Félix Tshisekedi
Eswatini	President
Kenya	President and Chairperson of the East African Community	Uhuru Kenyatta
Mozambique	President	Filipe Nyusi
Namibia	President	Hage Geingob
Tanzania	President	Samia Suluhu Hassan

Country	Title	Dignitary
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