Edgar Lungu

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Edgar Lungu is a Zambian politician and lawyer who served as the country’s president from 2015 to 2021.

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Edgar Lungu canonical 2

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instanceOf head of state
human
lawyer
politician
president
academicDegree Bachelor of Laws
appointedBy Michael Sata
continentOfCitizenship Africa
countryOfBirth Northern Rhodesia
countryOfCitizenship Zambia
dateOfBirth 1956-11-11
educatedAt University of Zambia
Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education
endTime 2021-08-24 (presidency)
ethnicGroup Nsenga
headOfGovernmentOf Zambia
headOfStateOf Zambia
languageSpoken Bemba
linked to: AbaBemba

English
Nyanja
leaderOf Patriotic Front
legalProfession defence lawyer
licensedAs advocate of the High Court of Zambia
memberOfPoliticalParty Patriotic Front
notableFor serving as President of Zambia from 2015 to 2021
numberOfChildren 6
occupation lawyer
politician
placeOfBirth Ndola
politicalIdeology conservatism
politicalOrientation centre-right
positionHeld Member of the National Assembly of Zambia
Minister of Defence of Zambia
Minister of Home Affairs of Zambia
Minister of Justice of Zambia
President of Zambia
precededBy Michael Sata
reElectedOn 2016-08-11
religion Christianity
residence Lusaka
linked to: Lusaka, Zambia
servedIn National Assembly of Zambia
signature Edgar Lungu signature (image file)
spouse Esther Lungu
startTime 2015-01-25 (presidency)
succeededBy Hakainde Hichilema
swornInOn 2015-01-25
termEndCause electoral defeat

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