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Rupiah Banda

1937 - 2022

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Rupiah Bwezani Banda (19 February 1937 – 11 March 2022) was a Zambian politician who served as the fourth president of Zambia from 2008 to 2011, taking over from Levy Mwanawasa. Banda was an active participant in politics from early in the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, during which time he held several diplomatic posts. In October 2006, he was appointed the vice-president by Mwanawasa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rupiah Banda has received more than 363,538 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Rupiah Banda is the 12,784th most popular politician (down from 11,021st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 7th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rupiah Banda ranks 12,784 out of 15,577Before him are Jaume Bartumeu, Vima Kadphises, Umar Shaikh Mirza II, Oliver Ivanović, Abdalá Bucaram, and Malcolm Fraser. After him are Dan Sullivan, Joseph Avenol, Sally Yates, Norbert Ratsirahonana, Jacek Kuroń, and Stacey Abrams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Rupiah Banda ranks 285Before him are Merle Haggard, William Lombardy, Francisco Xavier do Amaral, Vitaly Zholobov, George Chuvalo, and Pino Puglisi. After him are Andrija Anković, Zhang Jie, Jørgen Leth, Yvonne Craig, Jerry Weintraub, and Lawrence Roberts. Among people deceased in 2022, Rupiah Banda ranks 266Before him are Vittorio Adorni, Loretta Lynn, Bob Rafelson, Guy Lafleur, Michel Deguy, and Louie Anderson. After him are Akira Takarada, Zhang Jie, Barbara Walters, Vic Elford, Bob Falkenburg, and Gilbert Gottfried.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Rupiah Banda ranks 9 out of 38Before him are Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), Albert Lutuli (1898), John Love (1924), and Alexander McCall Smith (1948). After him are Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Paula Hawkins (1972), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Lobengula (1845), Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959), and Abel Muzorewa (1925).

Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Rupiah Banda ranks 6Before him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), and Albert Lutuli (1898). After him are Morgan Tsvangirai (1952), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Lobengula (1845), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), and Roy Welensky (1907).