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Levy Mwanawasa

1948 - 2008

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Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (3 September 1948 – 19 August 2008) was the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is credited with having initiated a campaign to rid the corruption situation in Zambia during his term. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Levy Mwanawasa has received more than 412,070 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Levy Mwanawasa is the 12,111th most popular politician (up from 12,798th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Zambia (up from 8th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Zambian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 12,111 out of 19,576Before him are Gershon, Giovanni Gradenigo, Tithraustes, Anthony Panizzi, Giovanni Passannante, and Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester. After him are Wilhelm Solf, Esko Aho, Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, Rick Perry, Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg, and Alphons Egli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 315Before him are Alfonso Cano, Rick James, Koloman Gögh, Jackson Browne, Robert Hübner, and Yossi Beilin. After him are Shigesato Itoi, Josef Hickersberger, Joe Dallesandro, Pedro Artola, Joel Santana, and Otto Waalkes. Among people deceased in 2008, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 172Before him are Jürgen Ehlers, John Phillip Law, Cornell Capa, René Harris, Germaine Tillion, and Paavo Haavikko. After him are Heinz Kwiatkowski, Vija Artmane, Evelyn Keyes, Choi Jin-sil, Gary Gygax, and Lennart Bergelin.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 7 out of 41Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933), Kenneth Kaunda (1924), Godfrey Chitalu (1947), Stanley Fischer (1943), Frederick Chiluba (1943), and Michael Sata (1937). After him are Edgar Lungu (1956), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), Denise Scott Brown (1931), and Guy Scott (1944).

Among POLITICIANS In Zambia

Among politicians born in Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 4Before him are Kenneth Kaunda (1924), Frederick Chiluba (1943), and Michael Sata (1937). After him are Edgar Lungu (1956), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Guy Scott (1944).