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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7" title="هاكيندي هيشيليما – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="هاكيندي هيشيليما" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8D_%D0%A5%D1%96%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Хакаіндэ Хічылема – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Хакаіндэ Хічылема" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%90%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5_%CE%A7%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BC%CE%B1" title="Χακαΐντε Χιτσιλέμα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χακαΐντε Χιτσιλέμα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7" title="هاکاینده هیچیلما – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="هاکاینده هیچیلما" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EC%B9%B4%EC%9D%B8%EB%8D%B0_%ED%9E%88%EC%B9%A0%EB%A0%88%EB%A7%88" title="하카인데 히칠레마 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="하카인데 히칠레마" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE" title="हाकैंडे हिचिलेमा – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="हाकैंडे हिचिलेमा" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A6%27%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%94" title="האקאינדה היצ'ילמה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האקאינדה היצ'ילמה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%94_%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A9%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90" title="ჰაკაინდე ჰიჩილემა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ჰაკაინდე ჰიჩილემა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7" title="هاكايند هيكيليما – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="هاكايند هيكيليما" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9F%E1%80%80%E1%80%B9%E1%80%80%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B6%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE_%E1%80%9F%E1%80%AE%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9C%E1%80%99%E1%80%B9%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC" title="ဟက္ကိံဒီ ဟီချီလမ္မာ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဟက္ကိံဒီ ဟီချီလမ္မာ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%81%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9E" title="ハカインデ・ヒチレマ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ハカインデ・ヒチレマ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0,_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5" title="Хичилема, Хакаинде – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Хичилема, Хакаинде" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%95_%DA%BE%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8E%D9%85%D8%A7" title="ھاکایندە ھیچیلێما – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ھاکایندە ھیچیلێما" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%86_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE" title="அகைந்தெ இச்சிலெமா – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அகைந்தெ இச்சிலெமா" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakainde_Hichilema" title="Hakainde Hichilema – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Hakainde Hichilema" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />24 August 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Vice President</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mutale_Nalumango" title="Mutale Nalumango">Mutale Nalumango</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Lungu" title="Edgar Lungu">Edgar Lungu</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">President of the <a href="/wiki/United_Party_for_National_Development" title="United Party for National Development">United Party <br />for National Development</a></th></tr><tr><td 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(age 62)</span><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monze&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Monze (not yet started)">Monze</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Party_for_National_Development" title="United Party for National Development">UPND</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mutinta_Hichilema" title="Mutinta Hichilema">Mutinta</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-size: 100%; text-align: left; 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href="/wiki/University_of_Birmingham" title="University of Birmingham">University of Birmingham</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(MBA)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Economist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hh-zambia.com">hh-zambia<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">HH</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hakainde Hichilema</b> (born 4 June 1962) is a <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambian</a> politician and businessman. Hichilema is the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Zambia" title="President of Zambia">President of Zambia</a>. He has been the President of the <a href="/wiki/United_Party_for_National_Development" title="United Party for National Development">United Party for National Development</a> since 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran for president six times, winning in <a href="/wiki/2021_Zambian_general_election" title="2021 Zambian general election">2021</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakainde_Hichilema&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Early life and career" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakainde_Hichilema&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Early life and career"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hichilema was born in a village in Monze District in which is now called Zambia. He studed at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Zambia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="University of Zambia (not yet started)">University of Zambia</a> and graduated in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">Economics</a> and Business Administration. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakainde_Hichilema&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Early political career" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakainde_Hichilema&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Early political career"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is a member of United Party for National Development (UPND) party. After <a href="/wiki/Anderson_Mazoka" title="Anderson Mazoka">Anderson Mazoka</a> died in 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was elected as the new party President. He worked as the leader of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), a party made up of three opposition political parties. He has already taken part in the 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 elections.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidency">Presidency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakainde_Hichilema&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Presidency" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakainde_Hichilema&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Presidency"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hichilema ran for president again in <a href="/wiki/2021_Zambian_general_election" title="2021 Zambian general election">2021</a>, this time successfully being elected in a <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide victory</a> by winning 59% of the vote in August 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He beat incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Lungu" title="Edgar Lungu">Edgar Lungu</a>, who has refused to accept his defeat and has called the election a fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakainde_Hichilema&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Personal life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakainde_Hichilema&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Personal life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hichilema is married to Mutinta and has three children. 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