List of University of Zambia people
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This is a list of people associated with the University of Zambia.
Government
Heads of State
- Levy Mwanawasa, the late Zambian president, studied law at UNZA
- Edgar Lungu, former Zambian president, studied law at UNZA
- Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
- Hakainde Hichelema Current Zambian President
Vice-Presidents
- Inonge Wina, the current vice president of Zambia obtained a BA degree at UNZA
- George Kunda, former vice president of Zambia.
Cabinet level
- Nkandu Luo, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and former head of Pathology and Microbiology at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
- Margaret Mwanakatwe, Minister of Finance
- Chitalu Chilufya, Minister of Health
- Brian Mushimba, Minister of Higher Education
Supreme Court
- Ireen Mambilima, the passed late Chief Justice of Zambia.
- Florence Mumba, Judge of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal and Justice of the Supreme Court of Zambia.
Members of Parliament
- Jonas Chanda, Member of the National Assembly for Bwana Mkubwa.
- Stanley Kakubo, Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi.
- Highvie Hamududu, Former Member of the National Assembly for Bweengwa.
International
- Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
- Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda.
- Nahas Angula, Namibian Minister of Defence.
- Brigitte Mabandla, Former South African Minister of Public Enterprises
Ambassadors
- Monica Nashandi, Namibian ambassador and 1983 graduate
- Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian Ambassador to the United States of America.
Opposition leaders
- Edith Nawakwi, Leader of the Forum for Democracy and Development and former Minister of Finance.
Business
- Mizinga Melu, Chief Executive Officer, Barclays Bank of Zambia
- Chibamba Kanyama, Business Leader and Writer
- Thandi Ndlovu, South African businesswoman and medical doctor
- Bokani Soko, Zambian businessman and sponsor of Lusaka Dynamos Football Club
Other Alumni
- Edward Makuka Nkoloso, founder of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy
- Mulenga Kapwepwe, Patron of the Arts
- Dambisa Moyo, Economist
- Sir Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at the University College London Medical School.
- Ellen Banda-Aaku, Writer
- John Matshikiza, South African Actor.
- Muyoba Macwan, Physicist