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Politics of Zambia. The politics of Zambia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president of Zambia is head of state, head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government, while legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.
v. t. e. General elections were held in Zambia on 12 August 2021 to elect the President, National Assembly, mayors, council chairs and councillors. Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development was elected president, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front.
The president of Zambia is the head of state and the head of government of Zambia.The office was first held by Kenneth Kaunda following independence in 1964.Since 1991, when Kaunda left the presidency, the office has been held by seven others: Frederick Chiluba, Levy Mwanawasa, Rupiah Banda, Michael Sata, Edgar Lungu and the current president Hakainde Hichilema, who won the 2021 presidential ...
Zambia is a landlocked country in southern Africa, with a tropical climate, and consists mostly of high plateaus with some hills and mountains, dissected by river valleys. At 752,614 km 2 (290,586 sq mi) it is the 39th-largest country in the world, slightly smaller than Chile.
v. t. e. The Cabinet of Zambia consists of the President, Vice-President, twenty-five Ministers, and the Attorney General. It formulates the government's policies and advises the President. [1]
The Ministry of Local Government is a ministry in Zambia.It is headed by the Minister of Local Government. In 2012 the Environmental Protection portfolio was transferred to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and the Early Education portfolio to the Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education, with the department renamed the Ministry of ...
The Zambia Portal. Shortcut. WP:ZNB. Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to ...
Zambia became a one-party state after the enacting of the 1973 constitution. [6] The number of constituencies was increased to 125. [7] 125 1973, [8] 1978, [9] 1983 [10] and 1988 [11] 1990, 1991 Zambia returned back to being a multi-party democracy in 1990 [6] and the number of constituencies was increased to 150, in 1991. [12] 150