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| name = Edgar Lungu | | name = Edgar Lungu | ||
| image = Edgar_Lungu.jpg | | image = Edgar_Lungu.jpg | ||
| image_size = | | image_size = | ||
| | | office = 6th [[ President of Zambia]] | ||
| | | predecessor = [[Guy Scott]] ({{small|acting}}) | ||
|vicepresident = [[Inonge Wina]] | | successor = [[Hakainde Hichilema]] | ||
| | | vicepresident = [[Inonge Wina]] | ||
| party = [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] {{small|(current)}} | |||
| | | office1 = [[Ministry of Defence (Zambia)|Minister of Defence of Zambia]] | ||
| | | president1 = [[Michael Sata]]<br />Guy Scott | ||
| birth_date | | predecessor1 = [[Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba]] | ||
| birth_place | | successor1 = [[Davies Chama]] | ||
| | | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|11|11}} | ||
| | | birth_place = [[Ndola]], Loangwa, [[Northern Rhodesia]], [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] {{small|(present-day [[Copperbelt Province]], [[Zambia]])}} | ||
| death_date = | |||
| | | death_place = | ||
| | | spouse = {{marriage|[[Esther Lungu]]<br />|1986||end=}} | ||
| | | children = 6 | ||
| | | alma_mater = [[University of Zambia]] | ||
| | | education = [[Mukuba secondary school]] | ||
| term_start = 25 January 2015 | |||
| term_end = 24 August 2021 | |||
| term_start1 = 24 December 2013 | |||
| term_end1 = 25 January 2015 | |||
}} | |||
'''Edgar Chagwa Lungu''' (born 11 November 1956) has been the [[President of Zambia]] since January 2015. Under President [[Michael Sata]], Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defense. Following Sata's death in October 2014, Lungu was adopted as the candidate of Sata's party, the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]], for the [[Zambian presidential election, 2015|January 2015 presidential by-election]]. In the election, he narrowly defeated opposition candidate [[Hakainde Hichilema]] and took office on 25 January 2015. | |||
==Early life and career== | |||
Lungu was born 11 November 1956 at [[Ndola]] Central Hospital. After graduating with a LL.B. in 1981 from [[University of Zambia]], he joined the law firm Andre Masiye and Company in Lusaka. He subsequently underwent military officer training at Miltez in [[Kabwe]] under Zambia National Service (ZNS). He then returned to practising law. He then joined politics. | |||
==Political career== | |||
He joined the [[United Party for National Development]] under the leadership of [[Anderson Mazoka]], but later switched to the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] (PF) led by party founder [[Michael Sata]]. | |||
After the PF won the 2011 election, Lungu became [[Junior Minister]] in the [[Vice President of Zambia|Vice President's]] office. He was subsequently promoted to [[Minister of Home Affairs]] on 9 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2012/07/10/labour-ministry-realigned-masebo-lungu-appointed-cabinet-ministers/ |title=Labour and Tourism Ministry re-aligned again, Masebo, Lungu appointed as Cabinet Ministers|website=Lusaka Times}}</ref> He became [[Minister of Defence]] on 24 December 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/edgar-lungu-is-new-defense-minister/ |title=Edgar Lungu is new Defense Minister|website=Zambian Watchdog}}</ref> after [[Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba]] resigned from his ministerial post, and he functioned as Acting President during President Sata's long term illness in 2013-14. He has also held a string of central positions in his party, including Chair of the PF Central Committee on Discipline, and he became PF Secretary General and [[Minister of Justice]] on 28 August 2014 to replace [[Wynter Kabimba]], who was fired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201408290077.html |title=Zambia: Wynter 'Bruised'.. Edgar Lungu Is New Justice Minister and PF Secretary General |website=All Africa}}</ref> These positions were in addition to the Defence portfolio. | |||
President Sata went abroad for medical treatment on 19 October 2014, leaving Lungu in charge of the country in his absence.<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29692576 "Zambian President Michael Sata goes for medical check-up"], BBC News, 20 October 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.africa-confidential.com/article-preview/id/5814/Party_rivalries_grow_as_Sata_ails "Party rivalries grow as Sata ails"], ''Africa Confidential'', volume 55, number 21, 24 October 2014.</ref> Sata died on 28 October 2014. Vice President [[Guy Scott]] took over as Acting President, and Lungu was viewed as one of the main contenders to ultimately succeed Sata in a presidential by-election. | |||
On 3 November 2014, Acting President Scott dismissed Lungu as Secretary-General of the PF.<ref name="lusakageneral">[http://www.lusakatimes.com/2014/11/03/guy-scott-drops-edgar-lungu-pf-secretary-general/Guy Scott drops Edgar Lungu as PF Secretary General (article apparently moved)], ''[[Lusaka Times]]'', November 3, 2014.</ref> He replaced him with [[Davis Mwila]], the Member of Parliament for [[Chipili]].<ref name="lusakageneral"/> However, the next day, on 4 November 2014, Scott announced Lungu was to remain as Secretary-General.<ref name=NtimpaKC>[http://www.lusakatimes.com/2014/11/04/guy-scott-reinstates-edgar-lungu-secretary-general-burial/ "Guy Scott reinstates Edgar Lungu as Secretary General until the burial"], ''[[LusakaTimes]]'', November 4, 2014.</ref> On 30 November 2014, Lungu was elected as President of the Patriotic Front at a national convention of the party held in Kabwe, Zambia. However the convention was unusual because no voting took place. Instead, the unaccredited delegates elected him by raising hands. | |||
[[File:Edgar Lungu 2015 Inauguration.jpg|thumb|left|300px|President [[Edgar Lungu]] walks through the guard of honour at his presidential 2015 inauguration in Lusaka. EPA/NOEL MACKSON]] | |||
On 20 January 2015 Lungu contested the [[Zambian presidential election, 2015|presidential by-election]] and beat his closest rival [[Hakainde Hichilema]] of the [[United Party for National Development]] by a narrow majority of just 27,757 votes (1.66%).<ref>[http://www.elections.org.zm/results/2015_presidential_election#cm3] "The official results of the 2015 Presidential Election, as released by the ECZ"</ref> He was declared the winner by the [[Electoral Commission of Zambia]] on 24 January. | |||
On 15 August 2016, he was declared the winner of the [[Zambian general election, 2016|August 11 Elections]] and re-elected as President of Zambia after he polled 1, 860, 877 (50.3 %) and his closest river [[Hakainde Hichilema]] from the [[UPND]] polled 1, 760, 347 (47.8%). With the results from all the 156 constituencies, Lungu secured a Margin of 100,530, making him an outright winner and removing the Spectre of a Presidential Election Re-Run.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/08/15/president-edgar-lungu-re-elected-president-zambia/ President Edgar Lungu Re-Elected as President of Zambia], ''[[LusakaTimes]]'', 15 August 2016</ref> | |||
==Presidency== | |||
[[File:Inauguration of Edgar Lungu.jpg|thumb|right|A cross section of the crowd at the [[President Edgar Lungu’s inauguration ceremony, 25 January 2015|2015 inauguration ceremony]] in [[Lusaka]].]] | |||
Lungu was sworn in as President of Zambia on 25 January 2015 at the [[National Heroes Stadium]] in the capital [[Lusaka]]. | |||
The following month, Lungu forced the head of the country's central bank out of the office and promised lower interest rates. He appointed [[Inonge Wina]] as Zambia's first female Vice-President. | |||
In March 2015 Lungu collapsed while holding a speech commemorating International Women's Day in [[Lusaka]]. After spending a short while in a Zambian hospital he had an operation for his narrowed oesophagus in Pretoria, South Africa. | |||
Lungu commuted the death sentences of 332 prisoners to life in prison on 16 July 2015 and condemned the massive overcrowding at the [[Mukobeko Prison]], calling it "an affront to basic human dignity". | |||
In October 2015, Lungu ordered a national day of prayer, to prevent further damage to his country's economy. Top religious and political officials participated, and other public events were cancelled. | |||
===Second presidential term (2016-)=== | |||
Lungu ran for a full term in the [[Zambian general election, 2016|August 2016 presidential election]], which turned out to be a rematch of the 2015 presidential election between Lungu and UPND candidate Hakainde Hichilema. Lungu won the election with 50.32% of the vote, just a few thousand votes over the threshold for avoiding a run-off. He also increased his margin of victory over Hichilema to 100,530 votes or 2.72%. Hichilema refused to concede defeat after the announcement of official results and filed a case before the Constitutional Court, asking for the results to be nullified due to irregularities. The court dismissed the case on 5 September 2016 and Lungu was [[Second Presidential Inauguration of Edgar Lungu|inaugurated]] for a full five-year term of office on 13 September. | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Lungu is married to [[Esther Lungu|Esther]] and has six children.<ref name=telegraph /> His daughter [[Tasila Lungu]] stood for councillor in [[Chawama]] constituency during the [[Zambian general election, 2016|2016 general elections]]. | |||
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| NAME = Lungu, Edgar | |||
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Chagwa | |||
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Zambian politician | |||
| DATE OF BIRTH = 11 November 1956 | |||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Ndola, Zambia | |||
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