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| name | |name = Hakainde Hichilema | ||
| image | |image = Hakainde Hichilema 01.png | ||
|caption = Hichilema in 2020 | |||
| caption | |office = 7th [[President of Zambia]] | ||
|vicepresident = [[Mutale Nalumango]] | |||
| office | |term_start = 24 August 2021 | ||
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| term_end | |succeeding = | ||
| | |predecessor = [[Edgar Lungu]] | ||
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| successor | |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1962|6|4}} | ||
|birth_place = Hachipona, [[Northern Rhodesia]], [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland|Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] (now [[Monze District]], Zambia) | |||
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|party = [[United Party for National Development]] | |||
|spouse = [[Mutinta Hichilema]] | |||
| birth_date | |children = 3 | ||
| birth_place | |education = [[University of Zambia]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Birmingham]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]]) | ||
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'''Hakainde Hichilema''' (born 4 June 1962) is a Zambian | '''Hakainde Hichilema''' (born 4 June 1962) is a Zambian businessman and politician who has served as [[President of Zambia]] since 24 August 2021. After having contested five times in [[2006 Zambian general election|2006]], [[2008 Zambian presidential election|2008]], [[2011 Zambian general election|2011]], [[2015 Zambian presidential election|2015]] and [[2016 Zambian general election|2016]] and won the [[2021 Zambian general election|2021 election]]. | ||
He served as the [[Chief Executive Officer]] of both [[Coopers and Lybrand|Coopers apresent-dayZambia]] (1994-1998) and [[Grant Thornton International|Grant Thornton Zambia]] (1998-2006). | He served as the [[Chief Executive Officer]] of both [[Coopers and Lybrand|Coopers apresent-dayZambia]] (1994-1998) and [[Grant Thornton International|Grant Thornton Zambia]] (1998-2006). |