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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 959,315 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Edgar Lungu is the 13,113th most popular politician (down from 11,550th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Zambia (down from 6th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Zambian Politician.

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  • 47.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edgar Lungu ranks 13,113 out of 15,577. Before him are Patrick Hillery, George Sabra, Thaddeus Stevens, Meira Kumar, Nazi-Maruttash, and William Davies Evans. After him are Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus, Alf Landon, Paul-Émile Janson, Eardwulf of Northumbria, Dilara Aliyeva, and Oʻtkir Sultonov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Edgar Lungu ranks 234. Before him are Laura Zapata, Corina Casanova, Eduardo Rodríguez, Elizabeth Strout, Pedro Santana Lopes, and Jeremy Wade. After him are Dominique Blanc, Kevin Dunn, Matthew Garber, Michael Spinks, Eike Batista, and Paul Cook.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Edgar Lungu ranks 9 out of 35. Before him are Stanley Fischer (1943), Godfrey Chitalu (1947), Michael Sata (1937), Denise Scott Brown (1931), Frederick Chiluba (1943), and Levy Mwanawasa (1948). After him are Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), Guy Scott (1944), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (1948), and Janny Sikazwe (1979).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zambia

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

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