Date | 24 August 2021 |
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Location | National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka |
Participants |
Hakainde Hichilema 7th president of Zambia — Assuming office Micheal Musonda Acting Chief Justice of Zambia — Administering oath Mutale Nalumango 14th vice president of Zambia — Assuming office Micheal Musonda Acting Chief Justice of Zambia — Administering oath |
The inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema as the 7th president of Zambia was held on 24 August 2021. [1] President-elect Hichilema won by a landslide with over 996,000 votes between him and the Incumbent president Edgar Lungu who got 1,814, 201 votes in the August 2021 presidential election. [2] [3] Hakainde Hichilema took the oath alongside Mutale Nalumango as the Vice-president of Zambia. The venue for the inauguration was National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka. Attendance was supposed to be restricted to invited guests only due to the Covid-19 preventive protocols, but was later made open to the public resulting in a filled out stadium [4] The day of the inauguration was declared a public holiday in Zambia by president Edgar Lungu. [5]
Country | Title | Dignitary | ref |
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South Africa | President | Cyril Ramaphosa | [6] |
Malawi | President and Chairperson Southern African Development Community | Lazarus Chakwera | [7] [8] |
Botswana | President | Mokgweetsi Masisi | [9] [10] |
Zimbabwe | President | Emmerson Mnangagwa | [11] |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | President and Chairperson of the African Union | Félix Tshisekedi | [12] |
Eswatini | Prime Minister | Cleopas Dlamini | [12] |
Kenya | President and Chairperson of the East African Community | Uhuru Kenyatta | [12] |
Mozambique | President | Filipe Nyusi | [12] |
Namibia | President | Hage Geingob | [12] |
Tanzania | President | Samia Suluhu Hassan | [12] |
Nigeria | Former President | Olusegun Obasanjo | [12] |
Commonwealth of Nations | Commonwealth Secretary-General | Patricia Scotland | [13] |
Country | Title | Dignitary | ref |
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US | Acting Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency | Ms. Enoh T. Ebong | [14] |
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Africa | Ms. Dana L. Banks | ||
Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim U.S. Embassy Lusaka | Mr. David J. Young |
Date | 24 August 2021 |
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Location | National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka |
Participants |
Hakainde Hichilema 7th president of Zambia — Assuming office Micheal Musonda Acting Chief Justice of Zambia — Administering oath Mutale Nalumango 14th vice president of Zambia — Assuming office Micheal Musonda Acting Chief Justice of Zambia — Administering oath |
The inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema as the 7th president of Zambia was held on 24 August 2021. [1] President-elect Hichilema won by a landslide with over 996,000 votes between him and the Incumbent president Edgar Lungu who got 1,814, 201 votes in the August 2021 presidential election. [2] [3] Hakainde Hichilema took the oath alongside Mutale Nalumango as the Vice-president of Zambia. The venue for the inauguration was National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka. Attendance was supposed to be restricted to invited guests only due to the Covid-19 preventive protocols, but was later made open to the public resulting in a filled out stadium [4] The day of the inauguration was declared a public holiday in Zambia by president Edgar Lungu. [5]
Country | Title | Dignitary | ref |
---|---|---|---|
South Africa | President | Cyril Ramaphosa | [6] |
Malawi | President and Chairperson Southern African Development Community | Lazarus Chakwera | [7] [8] |
Botswana | President | Mokgweetsi Masisi | [9] [10] |
Zimbabwe | President | Emmerson Mnangagwa | [11] |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | President and Chairperson of the African Union | Félix Tshisekedi | [12] |
Eswatini | Prime Minister | Cleopas Dlamini | [12] |
Kenya | President and Chairperson of the East African Community | Uhuru Kenyatta | [12] |
Mozambique | President | Filipe Nyusi | [12] |
Namibia | President | Hage Geingob | [12] |
Tanzania | President | Samia Suluhu Hassan | [12] |
Nigeria | Former President | Olusegun Obasanjo | [12] |
Commonwealth of Nations | Commonwealth Secretary-General | Patricia Scotland | [13] |
Country | Title | Dignitary | ref |
---|---|---|---|
US | Acting Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency | Ms. Enoh T. Ebong | [14] |
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Africa | Ms. Dana L. Banks | ||
Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim U.S. Embassy Lusaka | Mr. David J. Young |