POLITICIAN

Edgar Lungu

1956 - Today

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Edgar Chagwa Lungu (born 11 November 1956) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Lungu has received more than 988,970 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Edgar Lungu is the 12,627th most popular politician (up from 13,068th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Zambia (up from 9th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Zambian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edgar Lungu ranks 12,627 out of 19,576. Before him are Peer Steinbrück, Karl Staaff, Balaji Vishwanath, Walter Sisulu, Günther Schwägermann, and King Si of Zhou. After him are Raúl Cubas Grau, Heliocles I, Meral Akşener, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Henry of Scotland, and James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Edgar Lungu ranks 198. Before him are Glen Matlock, Chris Carter, Mark St. John, Amira Hass, Joe Montana, and Takeshi Okada. After him are Meral Akşener, Victor Pițurcă, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Adriana Barraza, Elizabeth Strout, and Corina Casanova.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Edgar Lungu ranks 8 out of 41. Before him are Kenneth Kaunda (1924), Godfrey Chitalu (1947), Stanley Fischer (1943), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Michael Sata (1937), and Levy Mwanawasa (1948). After him are Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), Denise Scott Brown (1931), Guy Scott (1944), and Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zambia

Among politicians born in Zambia, Edgar Lungu ranks 5. Before him are Kenneth Kaunda (1924), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Michael Sata (1937), and Levy Mwanawasa (1948). After him are Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Guy Scott (1944).

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