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Hakainde Hichilema

1962 - Today

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Hakainde Hichilema (born 4 June 1962) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hakainde Hichilema has received more than 1,044,160 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Hakainde Hichilema is the 13,297th most popular politician (up from 14,955th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Zambia (up from 13th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Zambian Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hakainde Hichilema ranks 13,297 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert Byrd, Strom Thurmond, King Dao of Zhou, Merhotepre Ini, Anton Ackermann, and Abdullah Ensour. After him are Ashtavakra, Olli Rehn, William R. King, Osceola, Patrick Hillery, and Carlos Anaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Hakainde Hichilema ranks 195. Before him are Lisa Ono, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Suzy Amis Cameron, David Bryan, Richard Roxburgh, and Seiko Matsuda. After him are Olli Rehn, Sergey Kiriyenko, Talat Xhaferi, Eddie Izzard, Ricardo Rocha, and Maryna Poroshenko.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema ranks 11 out of 41. Before him are Frederick Chiluba (1943), Michael Sata (1937), Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Edgar Lungu (1956), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), and Peter Dickinson (1927). After him are Denise Scott Brown (1931), Guy Scott (1944), Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (1948), Samuel Matete (1968), and A. C. Grayling (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zambia

Among politicians born in Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema ranks 6. Before him are Kenneth Kaunda (1924), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Michael Sata (1937), Levy Mwanawasa (1948), and Edgar Lungu (1956). After him are Guy Scott (1944).

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