POLITICIAN

Kenneth Kaunda

1924 - 2021

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Kenneth Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021), also known as KK, was a Zambian politician who served as the first president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula's leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the socialist United National Independence Party (UNIP). Kaunda was the first president of independent Zambia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Kaunda is the 4,513th most popular politician (up from 5,503rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Zambia and the most popular Zambian Politician.

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Among politicians, Kenneth Kaunda ranks 4,513 out of 19,576. Before him are Enmerkar, Charles III, Duke of Parma, Antipater II of Macedon, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, John B. Kelly Sr., and Oichi. After him are Carolina Herrera, Ariovistus, Catherine I, Latin Empress, Pim Fortuyn, Mike DeWine, and Theodore Komnenos Doukas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Kenneth Kaunda ranks 65. Before him are Michel Tournier, John Backus, Giovanni Sartori, Guy Williams, Georges Prêtre, and Karmapa. After him are Matthäus Hetzenauer, Eva Marie Saint, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Roberts Blossom, André Franquin, and Rosamunde Pilcher. Among people deceased in 2021, Kenneth Kaunda ranks 75. Before him are Norman Lloyd, Giampiero Boniperti, Edward de Bono, Edita Gruberová, Milva, and Rodney Alcala. After him are Hal Holbrook, Lina Wertmüller, Abimael Guzmán, Anne Rice, Larry King, and Noah Gordon.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda ranks 2 out of 41. Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933). After him are Stanley Fischer (1943), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (1948), Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Godfrey Chitalu (1947), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Edgar Lungu (1956), Michael Sata (1937), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Denise Scott Brown (1931).

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Among politicians born in Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda ranks 1. After him are Levy Mwanawasa (1948), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Edgar Lungu (1956), Michael Sata (1937), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Guy Scott (1944).

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