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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. After Mwanawasa suffered a stroke in June 2008 and died later that year, he became acting president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rupiah Banda is the 10,775th most popular politician (up from 11,793rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 7th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Zimbabwean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rupiah Banda ranks 10,775 out of 19,576. Before him are Jamil Mahuad, Nithard, Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man, Zdeněk Fierlinger, Ivars Godmanis, and Barend Biesheuvel. After him are Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Constantin Ion Parhon, Publius Vatinius, Vincent Massey, Paula Hawkins, and Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Rupiah Banda ranks 210. Before him are Gaston Roelants, Tom Stoppard, Richard Jordan, Edita Piekha, Magnar Solberg, and Armin Hary. After him are Édith Scob, Mehdi Karroubi, Judy Tegart-Dalton, Michael Sata, Barbara Babcock, and Hiroshi Ninomiya. Among people deceased in 2022, Rupiah Banda ranks 192. Before him are Ercole Baldini, Milutin Šoškić, Man of the Hole, John Aniston, Zofia Posmysz, and Joe Turkel. After him are Herman Van Springel, Fred Brooks, Eugene Parker, Kitten Natividad, Dominique Lapierre, and Maarten Schmidt.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Rupiah Banda ranks 8 out of 45. Before him are Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Charlene, Princess of Monaco (1978), Canaan Banana (1936), and Morgan Tsvangirai (1952). After him are Oliver Mtukudzi (1952), Kirsty Coventry (1983), Joshua Nkomo (1917), Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Liz Chase (1950), and John Love (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In Zimbabwe

Among politicians born in Zimbabwe, Rupiah Banda ranks 7. Before him are Albert Lutuli (1898), Robert Mugabe (1924), Emmerson Mnangagwa (1942), Ian Smith (1919), Canaan Banana (1936), and Morgan Tsvangirai (1952). After him are Joshua Nkomo (1917), Abel Muzorewa (1925), Lobengula (1845), Phelekezela Mphoko (1940), Roy Welensky (1907), and Sibusiso Moyo (1960).

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