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Hakainde Hichilema

Politician

Hakainde Hichilema is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Hakainde Hichilema · Hakainde Hičilema · Χακαΐντε Χιτσιλέμα · Хакаинде Хичилема · Хакаінде Хічілема · 12 more...				[sources]
Alias	Hakainde Hachilema · Хичилема, Хакаинде				[sources]
Weak alias	Bally · HH · Hichilema · μπαλα · 哈卡因德·希奇萊馬				[sources]
Birth date	1962-06-04				[sources]
Place of birth	Monze District				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Zambia				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Hakainde				[sources]
Last name	Hichilema				[sources]
Political association	United Party for National Development				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q717185				[sources]
Position	President · President of Zambia (2021-) · President of the Republic of Zambia				[sources]
Education	University of Birmingham · University of Zambia				[sources]
Religion	Seventh-day Adventist Church				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-15	Last processed	2026-02-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

7th President of Zambia

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mutinta Hichilema Politician	spouse	1988	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President	2021-08-24	-

Data sources

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government873

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UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,072

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,292

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Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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US CIA World Leaders10,958

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United States · CIA

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-f75b7e44d872a286f011bf268137dda288e44c91 · us-cia-zambia-hakainde-hichilema-president · unprot-bb4be6bdb2eee2d5a33dcd32c50fd2a11e8fdfac · unprot-80acfc0888a4c5adbfde5faacf08681d6b6a46e7 · unprot-4eddc133b7b7870e964666feb10f519234552351

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