Michael Sata
| Michael Sata | |
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| 5th President of Zambia | |
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In office 23 September 2011 – 28 October 2014 |
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| Vice President | Guy Scott |
| Preceded by | Rupiah Banda |
| Succeeded by | Guy Scott (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 July 1937 Mpika, Northern Rhodesia |
| Died | 28 October 2014 (aged 77) London, United Kingdom |
| Resting place | Embassy Park, Lusaka 15°25′19″S 28°18′34″E / 15.421884°S 28.309314°E |
| Nationality | Zambian |
| Political party |
Patriotic Front (2001–2014) MMD (1991–2001) UNIP (Before 1991) |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Manda (?-?) Christine Kaseba (?-2014; his death) |
| Children | 8 |
| Occupation | Police officer and trade unionist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Nickname(s) | King Cobra |
| Website | Michael Sata on Facebook |
Michael Chilufya Sata (6 July 1937 – 28 October 2014) was a Zambian politician who was the fifth President of Zambia, from 23 September 2011 until his death on 28 October 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 "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 and lost to President Rupiah Banda in 2008.
After ten years in opposition, Sata defeated Banda, the incumbent, to win the September 2011 presidential election with a plurality of the vote. He died in London on October 28, 2014, leaving Vice President Guy Scott as Acting President until a presidential by-election was held on 20 January 2015.
Michael Chilufya Sata was born in 1937 and brought up in Mpika, Northern Province. He worked as a police officer, railway man and trade unionist during colonial rule. He spent time in London working on the railway sweeping the platforms. Among other things, he was a porter at Victoria railway station. Sata began actively participating in the politics of Northern Rhodesia in 1963. Following independence, he worked his way up through the rough-and-tumble rank-and-file of the ruling United National Independence Party (UNIP) to the governorship of Lusaka in 1985. As Governor, he made his mark as a man of action with a hands on approach. He cleaned up the streets, patched roadways and built bridges in the city. Afterward he became a member of parliament for Kabwata constituency in Lusaka. Though once close with President Kenneth Kaunda, he became disillusioned by Kaunda's dictatorial style and he left the UNIP to join the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) during the campaign for multi-party politics in 1991.
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