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Michael Sata
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Zambian politician (1937–2014)
Key facts
- Vice president
- Guy Scott
- Preceded by
- Rupiah Banda
- Succeeded by
- Guy Scott (acting), Edgar Lungu
- Born
- ( 1937-07-06 ) 6 July 1937, Mpika , Awemba North, Northern Rhodesia
- Died
- 28 October 2014 (2014-10-28) (aged 77), London , England
- Resting place
- Embassy Park
- Party
- Patriotic Front (2001–2014) , MMD (1991–2001) , UNIP (Before 1991)
- Spouse s
- Margaret Manda, Christine Kaseba
- Occupation
- Police officer and trade unionist
- Nickname s
- King Cobra
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Zambia
- Place of birth
- Mpika
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Christine Kaseba
- Occupation
- minister
- Position held
- President of Zambia
- Political party
- United National Independence Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Michael Chilufya Sata on April 2, 2014 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- London
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 2014-10-28
- date of birth
- 1937-07-06
- Commons category
- Michael Sata
- name in native language
- Michael Chilufya Sata
- cause of death
- disease
- P10632
- Michael Sata
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Charles Chilufya Sata (6 July 1937 – 28 October 2014) was a Zambian politician who served as the fifth president of Zambia from 2011 until his death in 2014. A social democrat, he led the Patriotic Front (PF), a major political party in Zambia. Under President Frederick Chiluba, Sata was a minister during the 1990s as part of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government. He went into opposition in 2001, forming the PF.
As an opposition leader, Sata – popularly known as "The King Cobra", emerged as the leading opposition presidential contender and rival to President Levy Mwanawasa in the 2006 presidential election, but was defeated. Following Mwanawasa's death, Sata ran again in 2008, losing to Rupiah Banda.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Michael Sata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.