Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema

Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema
Date24 August 2021 (2021-08-24)
LocationNational Heroes Stadium, Lusaka
ParticipantsHakainde Hichilema
7th president of Zambia
— Assuming office
Micheal Musonda
Acting Chief Justice of Zambia
— Administering oath
Mutale Nalumango
14th vice president of Zambia
— Assuming office
Micheal Musonda
Acting Chief Justice of Zambia
— Administering oath

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.

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