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==Levy Mwanawasa 2008== | ==Levy Mwanawasa 2008== | ||
President Levy Mwanawasa [[died in office]] in 2008 while on national duty. In April 2006, Mwanawasa experienced a mild stroke.<ref name=Liu>Liu Jinhai, [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/19/content_9521392.htm "News Analysis: Zambia faces vital political reshuffle as president dies"], Xinhua, 19 August 2008.</ref><ref name=Liu /><ref name=Ailing>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20080702090150403C225629 "Ailing Mwanawasa heading to France"], Reuters (''IOL''), 2 July 2008.</ref> On 29 June 2008, while in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for an African Union summit, Mwanawasa was hospitalised due to a second stroke. On 1 July, International SOS evacuated him by air ambulance to France for further treatment.<ref name=Ailing /><ref name=Semi>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20080702111230784C896816 "'Mwanawasa in semi-coma'"], Sapa-Associated Press (''IOL''), 2 July 2008.</ref> The head of the Egyptian hospital to which Mwanawasa was taken said that the doctors there had stopped the brain haemorrhage and that he was in a semi-comatose state.<ref name=Semi /> Vice-President Banda said that his condition was stable, and Minister of Information [[Mike Mulongoti]] noted that Mwanawasa had previously suffered from hypertension; Mulongoti also said that Mwanawasa was a "very hard working man" and said that this may have been a factor.<ref name=VOA>James Butty, [http://voanews.com/english/Africa/2008-07-01-voa8.cfm "Zambian President Has Had a History of Hypertension, Says Information Minister"], VOA News, 2 July 2008.</ref> | President Levy Mwanawasa [[died in office]] in 2008 while on national duty. In April 2006, Mwanawasa experienced a mild stroke.<ref name=Liu>Liu Jinhai, [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/19/content_9521392.htm "News Analysis: Zambia faces vital political reshuffle as president dies"], Xinhua, 19 August 2008.</ref><ref name=Liu /><ref name=Ailing>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20080702090150403C225629 "Ailing Mwanawasa heading to France"], Reuters (''IOL''), 2 July 2008.</ref> On 29 June 2008, while in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for an African Union summit, Mwanawasa was hospitalised due to a second stroke. On 1 July, International SOS evacuated him by air ambulance to France for further treatment.<ref name=Ailing /><ref name=Semi>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20080702111230784C896816 "'Mwanawasa in semi-coma'"], Sapa-Associated Press (''IOL''), 2 July 2008.</ref> The head of the Egyptian hospital to which Mwanawasa was taken said that the doctors there had stopped the brain haemorrhage and that he was in a semi-comatose state.<ref name=Semi /> Vice-President Banda said that his condition was stable, and Minister of Information [[Mike Mulongoti]] noted that Mwanawasa had previously suffered from hypertension; Mulongoti also said that Mwanawasa was a "very hard working man" and said that this may have been a factor.<ref name=VOA>James Butty, [http://voanews.com/english/Africa/2008-07-01-voa8.cfm "Zambian President Has Had a History of Hypertension, Says Information Minister"], VOA News, 2 July 2008.</ref> | ||
Vice-President Banda said on 18 August that Mwanawasa's condition had suddenly deteriorated and urgent medical intervention was necessary. The intervention was successful, according to Banda, but Mwanawasa remained in serious condition.<ref>[http://www.statehouse.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=413&Itemid=47 "UPDATE REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, DR LEVY P MWANAWASA, SC"], Zambian Presidency website, 18 August 2008.</ref> On 19 August, a family member who wished to remain anonymous stated that Mwanawasa had died early that morning. The news of Mwanawasa's death was confirmed by Banda through a television broadcast on the government-owned [[Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation|ZNBC]]. He informed the nation that Mwanawasa had died that morning at 10:30 (8:30 GMT) at the Percy Military Hospital in Paris. Expressing "immense grief and deep sorrow", Banda declared national mourning for seven days and urged Zambians to "remain calm and mourn our President with dignity".<ref>[http://www.statehouse.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=414&Itemid=47 "STATEMENT BY HIS HONOUR THE VICE PRESIDENT, MR. RUPIAH BANDA, MP., ON THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT"], Zambian Presidency website, 18 August 2008.</ref> The mourning period was extended to 21 days on 21 August.<ref name=Arrangements>[http://www.statehouse.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=416&Itemid=47 "STATE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE LATE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, DR. LEVY P MWANAWASA SC"], Zambian Presidency website, 21 August 2008.</ref> | |||
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