The inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema as the 7th president of Zambia was held on 24 August 2021. President-elect Hichilema won by a landslide with over 996,000 votes between him and the Incumbent president Edgar Lungu who got 1,814, 201 votes in the August 2021 presidential election. Hakainde Hichilema took the oath alongside Mutale Nalumango as the vice-president of Zambia. The venue for the inauguration was National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka. Attendance was supposed to be restricted to invited guests only due to the COVID-19 preventive protocols, but was later made open to the public resulting in a filled out stadium The day of the inauguration was declared a public holiday in Zambia by president Edgar Lungu.
Dignitaries CountryTitleDignitaryrefPresidentCyril RamaphosaPresident and Chairperson Southern African Development CommunityLazarus ChakweraPresident Mokgweetsi MasisiPresidentEmmerson MnangagwaPresident and Chairperson of the African UnionFélix TshisekediPrime MinisterCleopas DlaminiPresident and Chairperson of the East African CommunityUhuru KenyattaPresidentFilipe NyusiPresidentHage GeingobPresidentSamia Suluhu HassanFormer PresidentOlusegun ObasanjoCommonwealth Secretary-GeneralPatricia Scotland
+Government representativesCountryTitleDignitaryrefActing Director of the United States Trade and Development AgencyMs. Enoh T. EbongSpecial Assistant to the President and Senior Director for AfricaMs. Dana L. BanksChargé d'Affaires, ad interim U.S. Embassy LusakaMr. David J. Young
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