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First Lady of Zambia

First Lady of Zambia
Incumbent Mutinta Hichilema since 24 August 2021
Inaugural holder	Betty Kaunda
Formation	24 October 1964

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First Lady of Zambia is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Zambia. Zambia's current first ladyisMutinta Hichilema, who has held the office since 24 August 2021.

The first lady of Zambia plays the ceremonial role of the spouse of the head of state, but has often expanded their influence beyond that. For example, the wife of the country's founding president, Betty Kaunda, was viewed as the mother of the nation and known as "Mama Kaunda."^[1] Maureen Mwanawasa used her platform as First Lady to be a strong advocate for safer sex for women, often handing out condoms at public events.^[2]

List of first ladies[edit]

Acting First Lady[edit]

Other's[edit]

List of officeholder[edit]

Pres. No.	Image	Born/Died	First Lady	Term start	Term end	President (Spouse, unless noted)
1		(1928–2013)	Betty Kaunda[3]	24 October 1964[3]	2 November 1991[3]	Kenneth Kaunda m. 1946; died 2013
2		(1951–)	Vera Tembo	2 November 1991	2000 (divorced in 2001)[4]	Frederick Chiluba m. ????; div 2001
No First Lady office Vacant Vera Tembo[5]isdivorce in 2001 but she is outpower as first lady of Zambia in 2000s.				2000	2001
-			Verocia Chiluba	2001	2 January 2002	Frederick Chiluba Daughter
3		(1964–)	Maureen Mwanawasa	2 January 2002	19 August 2008	Levy Mwanawasa m. 1988; his death 2008
4		(1972–)	Thandiwe Banda[6]	29 June 2008	23 September 2011	Rupiah Banda m. 2002; his death 2022
5		(1959–)	Christine Kaseba	23 September 2011	28 October 2014	Michael Sata m. 1994; his death 2014
-		(1963–)	Charlotte Scott	28 October 2014	26 January 2015	Guy Scott m. 1994
6		(1961–)	Esther Lungu	26 January 2015	24 August 2021	Edgar Lungu m. 1986-87
7		(1967–)	Mutinta Hichilema	24 August 2021	Incumbent	Hakainde Hichilema m. ????

List of Living First Lady of Zambia[edit]

• Vera Tembo (1951-)
• Christine Kaseba (1959-)
• Esther Lungu (1961-)
• Maureen Mwanawasa (1963-)
• Charlotte Scott (1963-)

List of Spouse of president but not the first lady[edit]

See also[edit]

• President of Zambia

References[edit]

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