View source for Vice-President of Zambia

{{Short description|Second-highest office in Zambia}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Vice-President
| abbreviation = VP
| body = the<br />Republic of Zambia
| insignia = Coat of arms of Zambia.svg
| insigniasize = 125px
| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Zambia
| nativename = 
| image = File:Mutale Nalumango in 2020.jpg
| imagesize = 165px
| incumbent = [[Mutale Nalumango]]
| incumbentsince = 24 August 2021
| style = {{ubl|[[Mr. President (title)|Madam Vice President]] (informal)|[[The Honourable#Zambia|The Honorable]] (formal)|[[Excellency|Her Excellency]] (diplomatic)}}
| residence = 
| appointer = 
| termlength = 5 years, renewable once
| formation = October 1964
| succession = 
| inaugural = [[Reuben Kamanga]]
| deputy = 
| salary = 198,064,370 [[Zambian kwacha]] annually<ref>{{cite web |title=Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Emoluments) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 |url=https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/act/si/2012/18/eng@2012-03-09 |publisher=Zambian Statutory Instrument 18 of 2012 |language=en |date=9 March 2012}}</ref>
| website = {{Official|https://www.ovp.gov.zm/}}
}}
{{Politics of Zambia}}

The '''vice-president of Zambia''' is the second highest position in the [[executive branch]] of the [[Zambia|Republic of Zambia]]. The vice-president was previously appointed by the [[President of Zambia|president]] before the amendment of the [[Constitution of Zambia|Constitution]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/zambian-vice-president-sacked-over-drc-row-223291|title=Zambian vice-president sacked over DRC row &#124; IOL News|website=www.iol.co.za}}</ref> Under the amended Constitution, when the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice-president automatically assumes the presidency, unlike when the Constitution demanded holding of presidential by-election within 90 days.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/zambia-gets-white-vice-president|title=The Voice}}</ref> This is so because now every presidential candidate shall pick a vice-presidential running mate and the two will share the vote meaning voting for a president is an automatic vote for the vice-president.

The vice-president also heads the [[Office of the Vice-President (Zambia)|Office of the Vice-President]], a government ministry, and is also automatically a member of the [[National Assembly of Zambia|National Assembly]].

[[Rupiah Banda]] became acting president on 19 August 2008 following the death of President [[Levy Mwanawasa]], while [[Guy Scott]] became acting president 28 October 2014 following the death of President [[Michael Sata]].  Banda was elected president in the subsequent election, and Scott did not stand.

== List of officeholders ==

;Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|United National Independence Party}}|[[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}|[[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Patriotic Front (Zambia)}}|[[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] (PF)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|United Party for National Development}}|[[United Party for National Development]] (UPND)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVrVK2ElINMC&pg=PA704|title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997|first1=Jacqueline Audrey|last1=Kalley|first2=Elna|last2=Schoeman|first3=Lydia Eve|last3=Andor|date=November 28, 1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313302473|via=Google Books}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="2" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
|-
! Took office
! Left office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United National Independence Party}}; color:white;" | 1
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Reuben Kamanga]]<br />{{small|(1929–1996)}}
| 24 October 1964 || October 1967
| [[United National Independence Party|UNIP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United National Independence Party}}; color:white;" | 2
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Simon Kapwepwe]]<br />{{small|(1922–1980)}}
| October 1967 || October 1970
| [[United National Independence Party|UNIP]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United National Independence Party}}; color:white;" | 3
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Mainza Chona]]<br />{{small|(1930–2001)}}
| October 1970 || August 1973
| [[United National Independence Party|UNIP]]
|-
| colspan="6" | Post abolished (1973–1991)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}; color:white;" | 4
| [[File:Levy Mwanawasa.jpg|109x109px]]
| [[Levy Mwanawasa]]<br />{{small|(1948–2008)}}
| 7 November 1991 || 3 July 1994
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}; color:white;" | 5
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Godfrey Miyanda]]<br />{{small|(born 1944)}}
| 4 July 1994 || 2 December 1997
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}; color:white;" | 6
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Christon Tembo]]<br />{{small|(1944–2009)}}
| 2 December 1997 || April 2001
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}; color:white;" | 7
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Enoch Kavindele]]<br />{{small|(born 1950)}}
| 4 May 2001 || 29 May 2003
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}; color:white;" | 8
| [[File:Nevers Mumba 2015.jpg|128x128px]]
| [[Nevers Mumba]]<br />{{small|(born 1960)}}
| 29 May 2003 || 4 October 2004
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}; color:white;" | 9
| [[File:No image.png|80px]]
| [[Lupando Mwape]]<br />{{small|(1950–2019)}}
| 4 October 2004 || September 2006
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}; color:white;" | 10
| [[File:Rupiah Banda.jpg|100x100px]]
| [[Rupiah Banda]]<br />{{small|(1937–2022)}}
| 9 October 2006 || 2 November 2008
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Movement for Multi-Party Democracy}}; color:white;" | 11
| [[File:George Kunda (cropped).jpg|134x134px]]
| [[George Kunda]]<br />{{small|(1956–2012)}}
| 2 November 2008 || 23 September 2011
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Patriotic Front (Zambia)}}; color:white;" | 12
| [[File:Guy Scott.png|123x123px]]
| [[Guy Scott]]<br />{{small|(born 1944)}}
| 23 September 2011 || 28 October 2014
| [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|PF]]
|-
| colspan="6" | Post vacant (2014–15)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Patriotic Front (Zambia)}}; color:white;" | 13
| [[File:Inonge Wina (cropped).jpg|138x138px]]
| [[Inonge Wina]]<br />{{small|(born 1941)}}
| 26 January 2015 || 24 August 2021
| [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|PF]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|United Party for National Development}}; color:white;" | 14
| [[File:Mutale Nalumango (cropped).jpg|144x144px]]
| [[Mutale Nalumango]]<br />{{small|(born 1955)}}
| 24 August 2021 || Incumbent
| [[United Party for National Development|UPND]]
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of current vice presidents]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Zambia topics}}
{{ZambianVicePresidents}}
{{Deputy heads of state and government of Africa}}
{{Years in Zambia}}

[[Category:Vice presidents|Zambia]]
[[Category:Lists of vice presidents|Zambia]]
[[Category:Vice-presidents of Zambia| ]]
[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in Zambia|Vice Presidents]]
[[Category:1964 establishments in Zambia]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Zambia]]


{{Zambia-stub}}