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Hakainde Hichilema

1962 - Today

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Hakainde Hichilema (born 4 June 1962), often known by his initials HH, 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. Prior to his election, Hichilema was a major opponent of Edgar Lungu, the president of Zambia from 2015 to 2021. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hakainde Hichilema is the 12,818th most popular politician (up from 13,294th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Zambia and the 6th most popular Zambian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hakainde Hichilema ranks 12,818 out of 19,576. Before him are Dumarsais Estimé, Boris Eikhenbaum, Udo Voigt, W. Averell Harriman, C. N. Annadurai, and Abdalá Bucaram. After him are Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Chiang Fang-liang, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Hédi Baccouche, Artaxias III, and Quintus Marcius Philippus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Hakainde Hichilema ranks 180. Before him are Taslima Nasrin, Olli Rehn, Hana Mandlíková, Richard Roxburgh, Susanne Klatten, and Ferran Adrià. After him are Sakis Rouvas, Julio César Chávez, Javier Cercas, Mike Massimino, Anatoly Khrapaty, and Mike Conley Sr..

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema ranks 11 out of 41. Before him are Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Godfrey Chitalu (1947), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Edgar Lungu (1956), Michael Sata (1937), and Peter Dickinson (1927). After him are Denise Scott Brown (1931), Kalusha Bwalya (1963), Medardo Joseph Mazombwe (1931), Guy Scott (1944), Dambisa Moyo (1969), and Gillian Cowley (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zambia

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

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