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==Sata: 2011-2014== | ==Sata: 2011-2014== | ||
{{Main|Michael Sata}} | {{Main|Michael Sata}} | ||
Sata ran for President for a fourth time in the election held on 20 September 2011. In the early stages of the campaign he was more vitriolic in his [[Sinophobia|anti-Chinese]] rhetoric, but he later toned down his rhetoric. Results showed him receiving about 43% of the vote against 36% for Banda, and Chief Justice [[Ernest Sakala]] accordingly declared that he had won the election in the early hours of 23 September. He was sworn in later in the day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFL5E7KN2JB20110923|title=Zambia's Sata sworn in as new president|publisher=}}</ref> He was said to have won because of the urban vote. Despite the toning down of his rhetoric, the investment climate in Zambia was considered uncertain in the wake of his victory. | |||
===Policies=== | |||
On 8 September 2008, Sata claimed that he would protect Chinese investments{{clarify|date=September 2011}} if he was elected, abandoning the hostility towards Chinese investment that he had expressed during the 2006 presidential election campaign.<ref>Shapi Shacinda, [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=nw20080908120911204C230040 "Sata warms to Chinese investment in Zambia"], Reuters, 8 September 2008.</ref> | |||
During the 2006 election campaign he was reported to have said of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe that "Mugabe hasn't done anything wrong. It is the [[imperialist]]s, the capitalist-roaders, who say he is a villain."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5387298.stm "Long queues in tight Zambian poll"], BBC News.</ref> | |||
In 2008, he said that he would revoke licenses for foreign investors if they resisted his orders to give at least a 25% stake in their companies to Zambians.<ref>[http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2410432,00.html "Sata to help local investors"], News24.</ref> | |||
==Lungu: 2015-Present== | ==Lungu: 2015-Present== | ||
