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Chiluba died on June 18, 2011,<ref name="lusakatimes.com">[http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/06/18/frederick-chiluba-zambia-s-president-dead "Frederick Chiluba, Zambia ‘s Second President is dead"], Lusaka Times, 18 June 2011</ref> shortly after midnight. His spokesman, [[Emmanuel Mwamba]], announced his death. Mwamba stated that Chiluba had a normal day on June 17, and even had time to meet some of his lawyers. He later complained of stomach ache.<ref name="lusakatimes.com"/> | Chiluba died on June 18, 2011,<ref name="lusakatimes.com">[http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/06/18/frederick-chiluba-zambia-s-president-dead "Frederick Chiluba, Zambia ‘s Second President is dead"], Lusaka Times, 18 June 2011</ref> shortly after midnight. His spokesman, [[Emmanuel Mwamba]], announced his death. Mwamba stated that Chiluba had a normal day on June 17, and even had time to meet some of his lawyers. He later complained of stomach ache.<ref name="lusakatimes.com"/> | ||
==Michael Sata 2014== | |||
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Concerns about Sata's health grew during 2014 and some suggested that he was no longer really running the government due to his condition, although the government denied that. He stopped appearing in public, which seemed jarringly uncharacteristic for the notably extroverted and outspoken president. Observers thought he seemed unwell when he opened parliament on 19 September and over the course of the following month he failed to appear in public again. MMD leader [[Nevers Mumba]] alleged that the government was lying about Sata's health.<ref>[http://mg.co.za/article/2014-10-21-zambia-has-king-cobra-lost-his-bite "Zambia: Has 'King Cobra' lost his bite?"], ''Mail & Guardian'', 17 October 2014.</ref> He also missed a speech at the [[general debate of the sixty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly]] amid rumours he had fallen ill at a New York City hotel. | |||
On 19 October, he left the country for what was described as a medical check-up, leaving [[Edgar Lungu]], the Minister of Defense, 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 name=Ails>[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> Given the circumstances, including the sudden nature of the trip, Sata's absence from public view and the fact that the 50th anniversary of Zambian independence was only days away, many believed that Sata was very seriously ill.<ref name=Ails/> | |||
Sata died on 28 October in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zambiareports.com/2014/10/29/president-michael-sata-died/|title=President Michael Sata Has Died|author=Clement Malambo|publisher=Zambia Reports|date=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29813612 "Zambian President Michael Sata dies in London"], BBC News – Africa, 29 October 2014.</ref> He was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Cabinet Secretary Roland Msiska issued a statement that he died late in the day. "As you are aware the president was receiving medical attention in London. The head of state passed on October 28. President Sata's demise is deeply regretted. The nation will be kept informed on burial arrangements." When he died at 23:00 in King Edward VII Hospital, his wife, Christine Kaseba, son, Mulenga,<ref name="guard">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/29/scott-president-interim-zambia-sata-death</ref> and other family members were with him at the time. Vice-President [[Guy Scott]] was named acting leader until an election, making him the first white leader of a democratically elected African government and the first since F. W. de Klerk in Apartheid South Africa. | |||
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