Rupiah Banda
Politician
1937 –
Who is Rupiah Banda?
Rupiah Bwezani Banda is a Zambian politician who was President of Zambia from 2008 to 2011.
During the Presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, Banda held important diplomatic posts and was active in politics as a member of the United National Independence Party. Years later, he was appointed as Vice-President by President Levy Mwanawasa in October 2006, following the latter's re-election. He took over Mwanawasa's presidential responsibilities after Mwanawasa suffered a stroke in June 2008, and following Mwanawasa's death in August 2008, he became acting President. As the candidate of the governing Movement for Multiparty Democracy, he narrowly won the October 2008 presidential election, according to official results.
Opposition leader Michael Sata defeated Banda in the September 2011 presidential election, and Sata accordingly succeeded Banda as President on 23 September 2011.
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- Born
- Feb 13, 1937
Gwanda - Spouses
- Hope Mwansa Makulu
(1966 - ) - Thandiwe Banda
- Hope Mwansa Makulu
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Profession
- Education
- Lund University
- Wolfson College, Cambridge
- Addis Ababa University
- University of Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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