First Lady of Zambia is the title attributed to the wife of the

president of Zambia The president of Zambia is the head of state and the head of government of Zambia. The office was first held by Kenneth Kaunda following independence in 1964. Since 1991, when Kaunda left the presidency, the office has been held by seven othe ...

. Zambia's current

first lady First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state fo ...

Mutinta Hichilema Mutinta Hichilema is the current First Lady of Zambia and the wife of the President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema. Personal life Hichilema is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. References

First Ladies of Zambia Living people U ...

, who has held the office since 24 August 2021. The first lady of Zambia plays the ceremonial role of the spouse of the head of state, but has often expanded their influence beyond that. For example, the wife of the country's founding president,

Betty Kaunda Beatrice "Betty" Kaunda (née Kaweche Banda; 17 November 1928 – 18 September 2012), was a Zambian educator and inaugural First Lady of Zambia from 1964 to 1991 as the wife of the country's first president, Kenneth Kaunda. She was known as Mama ...

, was viewed as the mother of the nation and known as "Mama Kaunda."

Maureen Mwanawasa Maureen Mwanawasa (''née'' Kakubo; born April 28, 1963) is a legal practitioner and was once a First Lady of Zambia from 2002 to 2008. She is also a member of the Association of Women Lawyers in the United Kingdom, a serving council member of ...

used her platform as First Lady to be a strong advocate for safer sex for women, often handing out condoms at public events.

List of first ladies

Acting First Lady

Other's

List of officeholder

List of Living First Lady of Zambia

Vera Tembo Vera Tembo (born July 25, 1953) is a Zambian politician and member of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). She served as the First Lady of Zambia from 1991 until her separation from her former husband, President Frederick Chiluba, in 200 ...

(1953-) * Christine Kaseba (1959-) *

Esther Lungu Esther Nyawa Lungu (born 2 June 1961) is a well-known public figure from Zambia, who served as the First Lady of the country from 25 January 2015 to 24 August 2021. She is the wife of the former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, and together they ...

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Charlotte Scott Charlotte Angas Scott (8 June 1858 – 10 November 1931) was a British mathematician who made her career in the United States and was influential in the development of American mathematics, including the mathematical education of women. Scott ...

(1963-)

List of Spouse of president but not the first lady

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