Levy Mwanawasa
Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (born September 3, 1948 in Mufulira , † August 19, 2008 in Paris ) was a Zambian lawyer and president from 2002 until his death .
Life and political career
Mwanawasa was born in Mufulira as the second child of a family with ten children. After studying law at the University of Zambia , he worked as a lawyer in private law firms from 1974 to 1978. Then he founded his own law firm. 1985/86 he temporarily exercised the mandate of Attorney General . In the early 1990s he joined Frederick Chiluba's Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) . After the first multi-party elections in 1991, he became Vice President and Deputy to the new President Chiluba. In 1994 he resigned from office and returned to his legal practice. During this time he was also an elected member of the National Assembly .
Despite a speech disorder resulting from a serious traffic accident in 1991, Mwanawasa ran for President of Zambia in 2001 at the suggestion of Chiluba. After his victory in the elections , he took up his new office on January 2, 2002. An anti-corruption commission initiated by him initiated the first corruption lawsuit against his predecessor Chiluba in 2003.
In February 2005, Mwanawasa was baptized and joined the Lusaka Baptist Church in Lusaka .
In the presidential election on September 28, 2006, Mwanawasa was re-elected for a second term.
Since mid-2008 he has been chairman of the Community of South African Developing Countries and, unlike many other African heads of government, is known as a harsh critic of Robert Mugabe .
At the end of June 2008 he suffered a stroke during a conference of the African Union in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt . He was flown to Paris for treatment, where he died on August 19, 2008 in the Percy Military Hospital .
He was married to Maureen Mwanawasa for the second time and had four children with her.
Honors
- 2004: Honorary Freeman for services to democratic local government (awarded on July 2, 2004) by the Zambian city of Ndola .
Web links
- Levy Mwanawasa ; Obituary in the Daily Telegraph, August 19, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shawn Hendricks: Zambian president accepts Christ, baptized at local church ; Baptist Press, March 18, 2005
- ↑ Horand Knaup: Summit in Egypt: Africa's tame leaders spare Mugabe ; Spiegel Online, June 30, 2008
- ^ Illness and transport to Paris
- ^ Ndola City Council: Honorary Freeman . on www.cityofndola.gov.zm (English)
Kenneth Kaunda | Frederick Chiluba | Levy Mwanawasa | Rupiah Banda | Michael Sata | Guy Scott (acting) | Edgar Lungu
Levy Mwanawasa (President) | Ng'andu Magande | George Mpombo (MMD) | Ronnie Shikapwasha (MMD) | Mundia Sikatana (MMD) | Vernon Mwaanga (MMD) | Ben Kapita (MMD) | Brian Chituwo | Kalombo Mwansa | Angela Cifire | Geoffrey Lungwangwa | Kenneth Konga | Peter Daka (MMD) | Kabinga Pande | Kapembwa Simbao (MMD) | George Kunda (MMD) | Felix Mutati | Catherine Namugala (MMD) | Gabriel Namulambe | Gladys Nyirongo | Sylvia Masebo (ZDC) | Sara Sayifwanda | Austin Liato (MMD) | Sydney Chisanga (MMD) | Mwansa Mbulakulima (MMD) | Boniface Nkhata (MMD) | Adonis Mufalali (MMD) | Joseph Mulyata (MMD) | Claver Silavwe (former) | Charles Shawa (MMD) | John Chinyanta (MMD) | Kenneth Chipungu
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mwanawasa, Levy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mwanawasa, Levy Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Zambian politician, President of Zambia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mufulira |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 2008 |
| Place of death | Paris |