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    Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia, holding office from 1964 to 1991. He was a teacher by profession who played a leading role in Zambia's independence movement. As president, Kaunda oversaw Zambia's transition to a one-party state under his United National Independence Party. However, Zambia later faced economic crises and international pressure for democratic reforms. Kaunda was ultimately replaced as president in 1991 after multi-party elections. He remains one of Zambia's most prominent independence figures.

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    Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia, holding office from 1964 to 1991. He was a teacher by profession who played a leading role in Zambia's independence movement. As president, Kaunda oversaw Zambia's transition to a one-party state under his United National Independence Party. However, Zambia later faced economic crises and international pressure for democratic reforms. Kaunda was ultimately replaced as president in 1991 after multi-party elections. He remains one of Zambia's most prominent independence figures.

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    Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia, holding office from 1964 to 1991. He was a teacher by profession who played a leading role in Zambia's independence movement. As president, Kaunda oversaw Zambia's transition to a one-party state under his United National Independence Party. However, Zambia later faced economic crises and international pressure for democratic reforms. Kaunda was ultimately replaced as president in 1991 after multi-party elections. He remains one of Zambia's most prominent independence figures.

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    Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia, holding office from 1964 to 1991. He was a teacher by profession who played a leading role in Zambia's independence movement. As president, Kaunda oversaw Zambia's transition to a one-party state under his United National Independence Party. However, Zambia later faced economic crises and international pressure for democratic reforms. Kaunda was ultimately replaced as president in 1991 after multi-party elections. He remains one of Zambia's most prominent independence figures.

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    Kenneth Kaunda

    Kaunda during an official visit to the United States in 1983

    1st President of Zambia

    In office

    24 October 1964 – 2 November 1991

    Vice Reuben Kamanga


    President Simon Kapwepwe

    Mainza Chona

    Preceded by Evelyn Dennison Hone as Governor of

    Northern Rhodesia
    Succeeded Frederick Chiluba
    by

    3rd Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement

    In office

    8 September 1970 – 5 September 1973

    Preceded by Gamal Abdel Nasser

    Succeeded Houari Boumédienne


    by

    Personal details

    Born 28 April 1924 (age 94)

    Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia(now Zambia)

    Nationality Zambian

    Political party UNIP

    Spouse(s) Betty Kaunda (1946–2012; her death)

    Children 8 including Tilyenji Kaunda

    Profession Teacher

    Religion Presbyterian
    Kenneth Kaunda in Frankfurt, West Germany in 1970

    Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda (born 28 April 1924),[1] also known as KK, is a Zambian former
    politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.
    Kaunda is the youngest of eight children born to an ordained Church of Scotland missionary and
    teacher. He followed his father's steps in becoming a teacher. He was at the forefront of the struggle
    for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula's leadership of the Northern
    Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National
    Congress, later becoming the head of the United National Independence Party. He was the first
    President of the independent Zambia. In 1973 following tribal and inter-party violence, all political
    parties except UNIP were banned through an amendment of the constitution after the signing of the
    Choma Declaration. At the same time, Kaunda oversaw the acquisition of majority stakes in key
    foreign-owned companies. The oil crisis of 1973 and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a
    state of economic crisis. International pressure forced Kaunda to change the rules that had kept him
    in power. Multi-party elections took place in 1991, in which Frederick Chiluba, the leader of
    the Movement for Multiparty Democracy, ousted Kaunda.
    Kaunda was briefly stripped of Zambian citizenship in 1999, but the decision was overturned the
    following year. At 94, he is currently the oldest living former Zambian president.

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