List of rulers of Zambia
List
Monarch
| № | Monarch (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Reign | Royal House | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reign start | Reign end | ||||
| 1 | King George V (1865–1936) |
12 September 1923 | 20 January 1936 | Windsor | |
| 2 | King Edward VIII (1894–1972) |
20 January 1936 | 11 December 1936 | Windsor | |
| 3 | King George VI (1895–1952) |
11 December 1936 | 6 February 1952 | Windsor | |
| 4 | Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) |
6 February 1952 | 24 October 1964 | Windsor | |
List of governors of Northern Rhodesia
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Monarch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Sir Herbert Stanley (1872–1955) |
1 April 1924 | 25 July 1927 | 3 years, 115 days | George V | |
| – | Richard Allmond Jeffrey Goode (1873–1953) Acting |
25 July 1927 | 31 August 1927 | 37 days | ||
| 2 | Sir James Maxwell (1869–1932) |
31 August 1927 | 1 December 1932 | 5 years, 92 days | ||
| 3 | Sir Ronald Storrs (1881–1955) |
1 December 1932 | 7 January 1935 | 2 years, 37 days | ||
| 4 | Major Sir Hubert Winthrop Young (1885–1950) |
7 January 1935 | July 1938 | 3 years, 175 days | George V Edward VIII George VI | |
| 5 | Sir John Maybin (1889–1941) |
1 September 1938 | 9 April 1941† | 2 years, 220 days | George VI | |
| – | William Marston Logan (1889–1968) Acting |
9 April 1941 | 16 October 1941 | 190 days | ||
| 6 | Sir John Waddington (1890–1957) |
16 October 1941 | 16 October 1947 | 6 years | ||
| – | Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley (1899–1981) Acting |
16 October 1947 | 19 February 1948 | 126 days | ||
| 7 | Sir Gilbert Rennie (1895–1981) |
19 February 1948 | 8 March 1954 | 6 years, 17 days | George VI Elizabeth II | |
| 8 | Alexander Williams (1903–1984) |
8 March 1954 | 25 May 1954 | 78 days | Elizabeth II | |
| 9 | Sir Arthur Benson (1907–1987) |
25 May 1954 | 22 April 1959 | 4 years, 332 days | ||
| 10 | Sir Evelyn Hone (1911–1979) |
22 April 1959 | 24 October 1964 | 5 years, 185 days | ||
List of governors-general of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Monarch | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | The Lord Llewellin (1893–1957) |
4 September 1953 | 24 January 1957† | 3 years, 142 days | Elizabeth II | |
| – | Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold (1899–1977) Acting |
24 January 1957 | February 1957 | 8 days | ||
| – | Sir William Lindsay Murphy (1888–1965) Acting |
February 1957 | 8 October 1957 | 249 days | ||
| 2 | The Earl of Dalhousie (1914–1999) |
8 October 1957 | May 1963 | 5 years, 205 days | ||
| – | Sir Humphrey Gibbs (1902–1990) |
May 1963 | 31 December 1963 | 244 days | ||
List of Prime Ministers of Zambia
| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Kaunda (1924–2021) |
22 January 1964 | 24 October 1964 | UNIP | ||
| Reuben Kamanga (1929–1996) |
24 October 1964 | October 1967 | UNIP | ||
| Simon Kapwepwe (1922–1980) |
October 1967 | October 1970 | UNIP | ||
| Mainza Chona (1930–2001) |
October 1970 | August 1973 | UNIP | ||
| Mainza Chona (1930–2001) |
25 August 1973 | 27 May 1975 | UNIP | ||
| Elijah Mudenda (1927–2008) |
27 May 1975 | 20 July 1977 | UNIP | ||
| Mainza Chona (1930–2001) |
20 July 1977 | 15 June 1978 | UNIP | ||
| Daniel Lisulo (1930–2000) |
15 June 1978 | 18 February 1981 | UNIP | ||
| Nalumino Mundia (1927–1988) |
18 February 1981 | 24 April 1985 | UNIP | ||
| Kebby Musokotwane (1946–1996) |
24 April 1985 | 15 March 1989 | UNIP | ||
| Malimba Masheke (born 1941) |
15 March 1989 | 31 August 1991 | UNIP | ||
| Levy Mwanawasa (1948–2008) |
7 November 1991 | 3 July 1994 | MMD | ||
| Godfrey Miyanda (born 1944) |
4 July 1994 | 2 December 1997 | MMD | ||
| Christon Tembo (1944–2009) |
2 December 1997 | April 2001 | MMD | ||
| Enoch Kavindele (born 1950) |
4 May 2001 | 29 May 2003 | MMD | ||
| Nevers Mumba (born 1960) |
29 May 2003 | 4 October 2004 | MMD | ||
| Lupando Mwape (1950–2019) |
4 October 2004 | September 2006 | MMD | ||
| Rupiah Banda (1937–2022) |
9 October 2006 | 2 November 2008 | MMD | ||
| George Kunda (1956–2012) |
2 November 2008 | 23 September 2011 | MMD | ||
| Guy Scott (born 1944) |
23 September 2011 | 28 October 2014 | PF | ||
| Inonge Wina (born 1941) |
26 January 2015 | 24 August 2021 | PF | ||
| Mutale Nalumango (born 1955) |
24 August 2021 | Incumbent | UPND |
Officeholders
| # | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | |||||
| 1 | Kenneth Kaunda
(1924–2021) |
1968 | 24 October 1964 | 2 November 1991 | UNIP | |
| — | Reuben Kamanga
(1929–1996) |
24 October 1965 | 24 October 1965 | |||
| — | Simon Kapwepwe
(1922–1980) |
24 October 1967 | 24 October 1967 | |||
| — | Mainza Chona
(1930–2001) |
24 October 1967 | 24 October 1967 | |||
| — | Elijah Mudenda
(1927–2008) |
1975 | 1975 | |||
| — | Daniel Lisulo
(1930–2000) |
1980 | 1980 | |||
| — | Nalumino Mundia
(1927–1988) |
1985 | 1985 | |||
| — | Kebby Musokotwane
(1946–1996) |
1987 | 1987 | |||
| Malimba Masheke
(born 1941) |
1991 | 1991 | ||||
| 2 | Frederick Chiluba
(1943–2011) |
1991
1996 |
2 November 1991 | 2 January 2002 | MMD | |
| — | Levy Mwanawasa
(1948–2008) |
2 November 1993 | 2 November 1993 | |||
| — | Godfrey Miyanda
(born 1944) |
4 July 1994 | 4 July 1994 | |||
| — | Christon Tembo
(1944–2009) |
April 2001 | April 2001 | |||
| 3 | Levy Mwanawasa
(1948–2008) |
2001
2006 |
2 January 2002 | 19 August 2008[†] | MMD | |
| — | Enoch Kavindele
(born 1950) |
2002 | 2002 | |||
| — | Nevers Mumba
(born 1960) |
2003 | 2003 | |||
| — | Lupando Mwape
(1950–2019) |
2006 | 2006 | |||
| 4 | Rupiah Banda
(born 1937) |
2008 | 19 August 2008 | 23 September 2011 | MMD | |
| — | George Kunda
(1956–2012) |
23 September 2011 | 23 September 2011 | |||
| 5 | Michael Sata
(1937–2014) |
2011 | 23 September 2011 | 28 October 2014[†] | PF | |
| 6 | Guy Scott
(born 1944) |
— | 28 October 2014 | 25 January 2015 | PF | |
| 7 | Edgar Lungu
(1956—2025) |
2015 | 25 January 2015 | 9 March 2015 | PF | |
| — | Inonge Wina
(born 1941) |
9 March 2015 | 9 March 2015 | |||
| 8 | Ngosa Simbyakula
(1954–) |
— | 9 March 2015 | 29 March 2015 | Independent | |
| (7) | Edgar Lungu
(1956—2025) |
2015
2016 |
29 March 2015 | 24 August 2021 | PF | |
| 9 | Hakainde Hichilema
(born 1962) |
2021 | 24 August 2021 | Incumbent | UPND | |
| — | Mutale Nalumango
(born 1955) |
— | 24 August 2021 | 28 August 2021 | UPND | |
List of first ladies
| # | Image | First Lady | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betty Kaunda[1] | 24 October 1964[1] | 2 November 1991[1] | |
| 2 | Vera Tembo | 2 November 1991 | 2000
(divorced in 2001)[2] | |
| No First Lady/office vacant; Vera Tembo is divorced in 2001 but she is out of power as first lady of Zambia in 2000s. | 2000 | 2001 | ||
| - | Verocia Chiluba | 2001 | 2 January 2002 | |
| 3 | Maureen Mwanawasa | 2 January 2002 | 19 August 2008 | |
| 4 | Thandiwe Banda[3] | 29 June 2008 | 23 September 2011 | |
| 5 | Christine Kaseba | 23 September 2011 | 28 October 2014 | |
| - | Charlotte Scott | 28 October 2014 | 26 January 2015 | |
| 6 | Esther Lungu | 26 January 2015 | 24 August 2021 | |
| 7 | Mutinta Hichilema | 24 August 2021 | Incumbent | |
Related pages
- First Lady of Zambia
- Vice-President of Zambia
- Governor of Northern Rhodesia
- Prime Minister of Zambia
- Lists of office-holders
- List of current heads of state and government
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Udoh, Nse (2012-09-19). "Founding First Lady Betty Kaunda Passes Away at 84". Zambia Reports. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ Simwanza, Obert (2011-06-18). "Zambia's ex-president Chiluba dies". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ Warunga, Joseph (2010-05-17). "Meeting the first ladies of Africa". BBC News. Retrieved 2012-07-30.