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  • Official Name: The Republic of Zambia
  • Size: 752,618 sq km. or 290,586 sq m.
  • Population: 9,100,000 - 12 per sq km
  • Largest cities:
    • Lusaka
    • Kitwe
    • Ndola
  • Monetary unit: Kwacha - Ngwee
  • Languages: English and 73 indigenous languages.
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    REUBEN KAMANGA

    FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA:
    1964 - 1967


    Reuben Chitandika Kamanga, the first vice-president of Zambia, was born on 26 August 1929 in Chitandika Village in Chipata district of the Eastern Province. He married Edna Mwansa Kabungo in 1963 and the two have four sons and three daughters . He was educated at Munali Secondary School.

    Kamanga was imprisoned several times during the independence struggle especially during the period 1959-1960. He later went to live in Cairo from 1960-1962. He served as deputy president of UNIP and as Minister of Labour and Mines, Minister of Transport and Communication just before independence.

    At the dawn of Independence Day, he was named as vice president, the position he held for three years. He also served as Leader of the National Assembly during the same period. When Kenneth Kaunda reshuffled his government in 1967, Kamanga was demoted to Minister of Foreign Affairs, the post he served until 1969 when he became Minister of Rural Development. In 1983, he was appointed the member of Central Committee in charge of Rural Development.

    He retired from politics in 1991. He died on September 20, 1996, at his home.

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