The politics of Zambia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic,whereby the president of Zambia is head of state,head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government,while legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. Formerly Northern Rhodesia,Zambia became a republic immediately upon attaining independence in October 1964.
Peter Marvin William Daka is a Zambian politician. He served as a Member of the National Assembly for Msanzala from 2003 to 2021.
Austin Chisangu Liato is a Zambian politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly for Kaoma Central between 2002 and 2011 and as Minister of Labour and Social Security from 2008 until 2011.
Hakainde Hichilema is a Zambian businessman,farmer,and politician who is the seventh and current president of Zambia since 24 August 2021. After having contested five previous elections in 2006,2008,2011,2015 and 2016,he won the 2021 presidential election with 59.02% of the vote. He has led the United Party for National Development since 2006 following the death of the party founder Anderson Mazoka.
Given Lubinda is a Zambian politician who served in the Cabinet of Zambia as Minister of Justice. He was the Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Zambia for Kabwata Constituency in Lusaka District from 2001 to 2021. He was first elected as Kabwata MP in 2001 under the UPND ticket before being elected in 2006,2011 and 2016 under the Patriotic Front ticket. He was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services from September 2011 to January 2012 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2012 to February 2013. He was also Minister of Agriculture in 2015. Lubinda is of mixed-race parentage. He is known as an outspoken politician.
Catherine Namugala a Zambian politician. She was the First Deputy Speaker of the Zambian Parliament until 2021. She was nominated to that position by President Edgar Lungu,on 18 September 2016. She is the former Minister of Tourism,Environment and Natural Resources in the Zambian Cabinet. She also served as a Member of Parliament (MP),representing Mafinga in the Zambian Parliament from 2001 until 2016.
Margaret Mhango Mwanakatwe is a Zambian politician who was the Minister of Finance from 14 February 2018 to 14 July 2019. She worked previously as a businesswoman,accountant,and bank executive. She was the director for business development in Anglophone Africa at the United Bank for Africa at the bank's headquarters in Lagos,Nigeria. In this role,she supervised business development in Cameroon,the Democratic Republic of the Congo,Ghana,Kenya,Liberia,Mozambique,Tanzania,Uganda,and Zambia. Before that,she served as the managing director and chief executive officer of the United Bank for Africa Uganda Limited from March 2009 until May 2011.
Chishimba Kambwili is a former member of the National Assembly of Zambia for Roan Constituency in Luanshya District. He has also held several posts in the cabinet. He is the former leader of the National Democratic Congress.
Edgar Chagwa Lungu is a Zambian politician who served as the sixth president of Zambia from 26 January 2015 to 24 August 2021. Under President Michael Sata,Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence. Following Sata's death in October 2014,Lungu was adopted as the candidate of the Patriotic Front in a Convention of the Patriotic Front in Kabwe,for the January 2015 presidential by-election,which was to determine who would serve out the remainder of Sata's term. In the election,he narrowly defeated opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema and took office on 25 January 2015.
Miles Bwalya Sampa is a Zambian politician,currently serving as Member of Parliament for Matero Constituency and president of the Patriotic Front. The veteran politician previously served as Mayor of Lusaka,having been elected in August 2018. His election in 2021 would see him return to Parliament representing Matero Constituency,a position he served from 2011 to 2016.
Inonge Mutukwa Wina is a Zambian politician who served as the 13th Vice President from 2015 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold the position,which made her the highest ranking woman in the history of the Zambian government.
Joyce Nonde-Simukoko is a Zambian politician. She was appointed the Minister of Labour and Social Security in the Cabinet of Zambia by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu on 15 September 2016.
Davies Chama is a Zambian politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly and a former Minister of Defence.
Felix Chipota Mutati is a Zambian politician and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party. He is also a member of the UPND Alliance. As a member of the alliance,he was nominated as a Member of Parliament (MP) and was appointed as the Minister of Technology and Science on 17 September 2021 by President Hakainde Hichilema.
Micheal Zondani Katambo is a Zambia politician. He is currently a Member of the National Assembly and Minister of Agriculture.
Joseph Malanji is a Zambian politician and business executive who previously served as a member of the National Assembly for Kwacha constituency. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2018 and 2021.
Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba is a Zambian politician and a member of the Patriotic Front. In 2016 and 2018,she served as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the minister of Fisheries and Livestock respectively. She is currently the member of parliament for Kalulushi constituency and was the Minister for Community Development and Social Welfare.
Dora Siliya is a politician in Zambia. She is the former member of parliament for Petauke Central and the former Minister of Communication and Broadcasting.
Robert Ngosa Simbyakula is a Zambian diplomat,the current and 17th Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations and a former ambassador to the United States of America in Washington DC,he succeeded Palan Mulonda,who served starting in 2013.
Sarah Sayifwanda was a Zambian politician who served as Minister of Gender and Development,Minister of Transport and Communication and Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives. She was also the Zambian representative to the African Union and Pan-African Parliament.
