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Kenneth Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021), also known as KK, was a Zambian politician who served as the first president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula's leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the socialist United National Independence Party (UNIP).
Kaunda was the first president of independent Zambia. In 1973, following tribal and inter-party violence, all political parties except UNIP were banned through an amendment of the constitution after the signing of the Choma Declaration. At the same time, Kaunda oversaw the acquisition of majority stakes in key foreign-owned companies. The 1973 oil crisis and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis. International pressure forced Kaunda to change the rules that had kept him in power. Multi-party elections took place in 1991, in which Frederick Chiluba, the leader of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, ousted Kaunda.
He was briefly stripped of Zambian citizenship in 1999, but the decision was overturned the following year.
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Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Fair Play (2010)
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Birthday1924-04-28
Deathday2021-06-17 (97 years old)
ReligionPresbyterianism
ChildrenTilyenji Kaunda
CitizenshipsZambia
AwardsJawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, Order of José Martí, Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class, Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Order of Agostinho Neto, Order of the Eagle of Zambia
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