Kenneth Kaunda | |
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 Kaunda in 1983 | |
| Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia | |
| In office 22 January 1964 – 24 October 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mainza Chona as Prime Minister of Zambia |
| 1st President of Zambia | |
| In office 24 October 1964 – 2 November 1991 | |
| Vice President | |
| Preceded by | Evelyn Hone as Governor of Northern Rhodesia |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Chiluba |
| 3rd Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
| In office 8 September 1970 – 5 September 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Succeeded by | Houari Boumédiène |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda 28 April 1924 Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) |
| Died | 17 June 2021 (aged 97) Lusaka, Zambia |
| Resting place | Embassy Park, Lusaka |
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| Political party | UNIP |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 8, including Tilyenji |
| Profession | Teacher |
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Kenneth Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021),[1] also known as KK,[2] was a Zambian politician who served as the first president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula's leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the socialist United National Independence Party (UNIP).
Kaunda was the first president of independent Zambia. In 1973, following tribal and inter-party violence, all political parties except UNIP were banned through an amendment of the constitution after the signing of the Choma Declaration. At the same time, Kaunda oversaw the acquisition of majority stakes in key foreign-owned companies. The 1973 oil crisis and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis. International pressure forced Kaunda to change the rules that had kept him in power. Multi-party elections took place in 1991, in which Frederick Chiluba, the leader of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, ousted Kaunda.
He was briefly stripped of Zambian citizenship in 1998, but the decision was overturned two years later in 2000.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "How Zambia's first president had to go to court in 1999 to prove he was not a Malawian". Face2Face Africa. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.