Vice-President of Zambia
| Vice-President of the Republic of Zambia | |
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| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Reuben Kamanga |
| Formation | October 1964 |
| Salary | 43,800 USD annually[1] |
| Website | https://www.ovp.gov.zm/ |
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 Zambia portal |
The vice-president of Zambia is the second highest position in the executive branch of the Republic of Zambia. The vice-president was previously appointed by the President before the amendment of the Constitution in 2016.[2] Under the amended Constitution, when the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice-president automatically assumes the presidency, unlike when the Constitution demanded holding of presidential by-election within 90 days.[3] This is so because now every presidential candidate shall pick a vice-presidential running mate and the two will share the vote meaning voting for a president is an automatic vote for the vice-president.
The vice-president also heads the Office of the Vice-President, a government ministry, and is also automatically a member of the National Assembly.
List of vice-presidents of Zambia (1964–present)[edit]
Key
- Political parties
- Patriotic Front (PF)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Reuben Kamanga (1929–1996) |
24 October 1964 | October 1967 | UNIP |
| 2 |
|
Simon Kapwepwe (1922–1980) |
October 1967 | October 1970 | UNIP |
| 3 |
|
Mainza Chona (1930–2001) |
October 1970 | August 1973 | UNIP |
| Post abolished (1973–91) | |||||
| 4 | 
|
Levy Mwanawasa (1948–2008) |
7 November 1991 | 3 July 1994 | MMD |
| 5 |
|
Godfrey Miyanda (born 1944) |
4 July 1994 | 2 December 1997 | MMD |
| 6 |
|
Christon Tembo (1944–2009) |
2 December 1997 | April 2001 | MMD |
| 7 |
|
Enoch Kavindele (born 1950) |
4 May 2001 | 29 May 2003 | MMD |
| 8 | 
|
Nevers Mumba (born 1960) |
29 May 2003 | 4 October 2004 | MMD |
| 9 |
|
Lupando Mwape (1950–2019) |
4 October 2004 | September 2006 | MMD |
| 10 | 
|
Rupiah Banda (born 1937) |
9 October 2006 | 2 November 2008 | MMD |
| 11 |
|
George Kunda (1956–2012) |
2 November 2008 | 23 September 2011 | MMD |
| 12 | 
|
Guy Scott (born 1944) |
23 September 2011 | 28 October 2014 | PF |
| Post vacant (2014–15) | |||||
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Inonge Wina (born 1941) |
26 January 2015 | 24 August 2021 | PF |
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Mutale Nalumango (born 1955) |
24 August 2021 | Incumbent | UPND |
References[edit]
- ^ https://zambialii.org/zm/legislation/statutory-instrument/2012/44
- ^ "Zambian vice-president sacked over DRC row | IOL News". www.iol.co.za.
- ^ "The Voice".
- ^ https://www.ovp.gov.zm/?p=5661
- ^ Kalley, Jacqueline Audrey; Schoeman, Elna; Andor, Lydia Eve (November 28, 1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313302473 – via Google Books.
See also[edit]
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[n] No such post between 1973–1991. Replaced with Secretary General of Ruling Party and Prime Minister | ||
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