Editing History of Zambia (section)

=== After 2008 ===

From 2011 to 2014, Zambia's president had been [[Michael Sata]], until Sata died on 28 October 2014. He was the second Zambian leader to die in office after [[Levy Mwanawasa]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-10-29|title=Zambian President Michael Sata dies in London|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29813612|access-date=2021-10-05}}</ref> [[Rupiah Banda]] was the president of Zambia after the death of Mwanawasa from 2008 to 2011. He lost the election to Michael Sata in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-09-23|title=TEXT-Zambian President Banda's concession speech|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/zambia-election-banda-idAFL5E7KN1PN20110923|access-date=2021-10-05}}</ref>
After Sata's death, Vice President [[Guy Scott]], a Zambian of Scottish descent, became acting President of Zambia. On 24 January 2015, it was announced that [[Edgar Lungu|Edgar Chagwa Lungu]] had won the election to become the 6th President in a tightly contested race. In August [[2016 Zambian general election]], president Edgar Lungu won re-election narrowly in the first round of the election. The opposition had allegations of fraud and the governing [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] (PF) rejected the allegations made by opposition UPND party.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-08-15|title=Zambia's President Edgar Lungu declared election winner|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37086365|access-date=2021-10-05}}</ref>

In August 2021 presidential [[2021 Zambian general election|election]], opposition leader [[Hakainde Hichilema]] defeated the incumbent, President Edgar Lungu, by a landslide.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-16|title=Zambia election: Hakainde Hichilema beats President Edgar Lungu|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58226695|access-date=2021-10-05}}</ref> On 24 August 2021, Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in as the new [[President of Zambia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/24/africa/zambia-president-hichilema-inauguration-intl/index.html|title = Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema sworn in as President in rare victory for an African opposition leader| date=24 August 2021 }}</ref>