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{{ | {{Infobox president | ||
| name = Edgar Lungu | |||
| image = Edgar_Lungu.jpg | |||
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| order = [[List of Presidents of Zambia|6th]] | |||
| office = President of Zambia | |||
|vicepresident = [[Inonge Wina]] | |||
| term_start = 25 January 2015 | |||
| preceded = [[Guy Scott]] {{small|(Acting President)}}<!-- Do not change this. The office was handed over to him by Scott as seen in this image: https://www.facebook.com/statehousepressofficezambia/photos/a.837971872930915.1073742008.322302104497897/837972876264148 --> | |||
| Vice-President = [[Inonge Wina]] | |||
| term_end = | |||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|11|df=y}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Ndola]], [[Northern Rhodesia]] | |||
| nationality = Zambian | |||
| party = [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] | |||
| spouse = [[Esther Lungu]] | |||
| relations = | |||
| children = 6<ref name ="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Laing |first=Aislinn |date=20 January 2015 |title=Edgar Lungu, tipped as Zambia's next president, denies alcoholism claim |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zambia/11356260/Edgar-Lungu-tipped-as-Zambias-next-president-denies-alcoholism-claim.html |newspaper=Telegraph |location= |accessdate=20 January 2015 }}</ref> | |||
| alma_mater [[School of Law of the University of Zambia]] {{small|(LL.B)}} | |||
| profession = Lawyer | |||
| religion = [[Christianity]] <!-- He used a Bible during his swearing-in ceremony https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.837971872930915.1073742008.322302104497897&type=3 --> | |||
| blank1 = Awards | |||
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| signature = | |||
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| website = {{URL|www.edgar-lungu.com}} | |||
| nickname = Ba Edigar<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edgar-lungu.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/EL-Profile_web.pdf |title= Meet Edgar C. Lungu: The Profile | format = PDF |last1= Anthony |first1= Mukwita |date=2014 |website=edgar-lungu.com |publisher= |accessdate=26 January 2015}}</ref> | |||
}} | |||
A colourful ceremony characterised the inauguration of Zambia’s sixth Republican President [[Edgar Lungu]] at the [[National Heroes Stadium]] on 25 January 2015 in [[Lusaka]]. | |||
President-elect Lungu 58, who was clad in a blue suit, white shirt and red tie was accompanied by his wife [[Esther Lungu|Esther]] amid tight security, arrived at the stadium around 10:20 hours to a thunderous welcome. | President-elect Lungu 58, who was clad in a blue suit, white shirt and red tie was accompanied by his wife [[Esther Lungu|Esther]] amid tight security, arrived at the stadium around 10:20 hours to a thunderous welcome. | ||
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President Lungu must also solve a standoff with the mining industry over a tax system introduced in June that may lead to 12,000 job losses in 2015 alone, according to an industry lobby group. | President Lungu must also solve a standoff with the mining industry over a tax system introduced in June that may lead to 12,000 job losses in 2015 alone, according to an industry lobby group. | ||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTYWXIczyk0|420|left|VIDEO: Inauguration Ceremony of His Excellency [[Edgar Lungu]], President-elect of the [[Republic of Zambia]], 25 January 2015 at the [[National Heroes Stadium]] in [[Lusaka]].|frame}} | |||
==Notable attendees== | ==Notable attendees== | ||
The swearing in ceremony was witnessed by former acting president [[Guy Scott]] and his wife [[Charlotte Scott|Charlotte]], SADC Chairperson and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, visiting senior government officials, [[National Assembly of Zambia]] Speaker [[Patrick Matibini]], Cabinet ministers, diplomats accredited to Zambia, Defence Chiefs, First Republican president [[Kenneth Kaunda]] and former President [[Rupiah Banda]]. | The swearing in ceremony was witnessed by former acting president [[Guy Scott]] and his wife [[Charlotte Scott|Charlotte]], SADC Chairperson and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, visiting senior government officials, [[National Assembly of Zambia]] Speaker [[Patrick Matibini]], Cabinet ministers, diplomats accredited to Zambia, Defence Chiefs, First Republican president [[Kenneth Kaunda]] and former President [[Rupiah Banda]]. | ||
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*[[Guy Scott]] | *[[Guy Scott]] | ||
*[[Hakainde Hichilema]] | *[[Hakainde Hichilema]] | ||
*[[Second Presidential Inauguration of Edgar Lungu]] | |||
==Main references== | ==Main references== | ||
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[[Category:History of Zambia (1991–present)]] | |||
[[Category:Presidencies of Zambia| Edgar Lungu]] | |||
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