- Edgar Chagwa Lungu was born on 11 November 1956 at Ndola Central Hospital.
- He is a Zambian politician who has been the President of Zambia since January 2015.
- Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence under President Michael Sata,
- After graduating with a LL.B. in 1981 from the University of Zambia, he joined the law firm Andre Masiye and Company in Lusaka.
- Edgar subsequently underwent military officer training at Miltez in Kabwe under Zambia National Service (ZNS), He then returned to practising law. Edgar then joined politics.
- In 2010, Edgar Lungu had his law practicing licence suspended by the Law Association of Zambia after he was found guilty of professional misconduct
- He joined the United Party for National Development under the leadership of Anderson Mazoka, but later switched to the Patriotic Front (PF) led by party founder Michael Sata.
- Following Sata’s death in October 2014, Lungu was adopted as the candidate of the ruling Patriotic Front for the January 2015 presidential by-election, which was to determine who would serve out the remainder of Sata’s term. In the election, he narrowly defeated opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema and took office on 25 January 2015.
- Lungu was sworn in as President of Zambia on 25 January 2015 at the National Heroes Stadium in the capital Lusaka.
- In March 2015 Edgar collapsed while holding a speech commemorating International Women’s Day in Lusaka. After spending a short while in a Zambian hospital he had an operation for his narrowed oesophagus in Pretoria, South Africa
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