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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. Prior to Mwanawasa's election, he served as the fourth vice-president of Zambia from November 1991 to July 1994, whilst an elected Member of Parliament of Chifubu Constituency. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Levy Mwanawasa is the 8,929th most popular politician (up from 12,109th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Zambia (up from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Zambian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 8,929 out of 19,576Before him are Amar-Sin, Lembitu, Émile Combes, John Canfield Spencer, Argaeus I of Macedon, and Selim Hoss. After him are Pabag, Floris II, Count of Holland, Ban Biao, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Alessandro Nannini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 205Before him are Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Remo Girone, Charles Simonyi, John Ashton, Fred Newhouse, and David Marks. After him are Kathy Reichs, Emma Bonino, Roger Williamson, Bob Lanier, Javier Irureta, and Gerry Adams. Among people deceased in 2008, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 101Before him are Rubens de Falco, Paul Frère, Kon Ichikawa, Joseph Weizenbaum, Ann Savage, and Edna Parker. After him are Alfred Pfaff, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Géza Kalocsay, Suzanne Pleshette, Imad Mughniyah, and Stanley Kamel.

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In Zambia

Among people born in Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 5 out of 41Before him are Wilbur Smith (1933), Kenneth Kaunda (1924), Stanley Fischer (1943), and Robert John "Mutt" Lange (1948). After him are Godfrey Chitalu (1947), Frederick Chiluba (1943), Edgar Lungu (1956), Michael Sata (1937), Peter Dickinson (1927), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Denise Scott Brown (1931).

Among POLITICIANS In Zambia

Among politicians born in Zambia, Levy Mwanawasa ranks 2Before him are Kenneth Kaunda (1924). After him are Frederick Chiluba (1943), Edgar Lungu (1956), Michael Sata (1937), Hakainde Hichilema (1962), and Guy Scott (1944).