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Edgar Lungu

1956 - 2025

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Edgar Chagwa Lungu (11 November 1956 – 5 June 2025) was 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 nominated as the candidate for the Patriotic Front at the Convention of the Patriotic Front held 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edgar Lungu is the 12,625th most popular politician, the 8th most popular biography from Zambia and the 5th most popular Zambian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edgar Lungu ranks 12,625 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. Among people deceased in 2025, Edgar Lungu ranks 83. Before him are Renato Corsetti, Fabio Cudicini, Eddie Jordan, Manoj Kumar, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, and Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat. After him are Peter Bichsel, Max Romeo, Jean Marsh, Frankétienne, Suchinda Kraprayoon, and Eleonora Giorgi.

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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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