Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema explained

Event Name:	Inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema
Participants:	Hakainde 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
Location:	National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka

The inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema as the 7th president of Zambia was held on 24 August 2021.^[1] 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.^{[2] [3]} 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^[4] The day of the inauguration was declared a public holiday in Zambia by president Edgar Lungu.^[5]

Dignitaries

Country	Title	Dignitary	ref
South Africa	President	Cyril Ramaphosa	^[6]
	President and Chairperson Southern African Development Community	Lazarus Chakwera	^[7] ^[8]
	President	Mokgweetsi Masisi	^[9] ^[10]
	President	Emmerson Mnangagwa	^[11]
	President and Chairperson of the African Union	Félix Tshisekedi	^[12]
	Prime Minister	Cleopas Dlamini
	President and Chairperson of the East African Community	Uhuru Kenyatta
	President	Filipe Nyusi
	President	Hage Geingob
	President	Samia Suluhu Hassan
	Former President	Olusegun Obasanjo
	Commonwealth Secretary-General	Patricia Scotland	^[13]

Government representatives!Country!Title!Dignitary!ref

United States	Acting Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency	Ms. Enoh T. Ebong	^[14]
	Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Africa	Ms. Dana L. Banks
	Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim U.S. Embassy Lusaka	Mr. David J. Young

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021-08-17. HH’S INAUGURATION NEXT TUESDAY. 2021-08-17. Zambia Reports. en-US. 2021-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210817102154/https://zambiareports.com/2021/08/17/hhs-inauguration-next-tuesday/. dead.
2. Web site: Zambian opposition leader wins presidential election by landslide. 2021-08-17. www.aa.com.tr.
3. Web site: Zambia : Hakainde Hichilema is Zambia's Seventh President after getting a Landslide Victory in the Polls. 2021-08-17. en-GB.
4. Web site: 2021-08-19. Inauguration ceremony restricted to invited guests only ~. 2021-08-19. en-GB.
5. Web site: Michael. 2021-08-20. Lungu declares Bally's inauguration a public holiday. 2021-08-22. Zambia: News Diggers!. en-GB.
6. Web site: Cyril Ramaphosa calls Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema to wish him well and will attend inauguration. 2021-08-22. www.iol.co.za. en.
7. Web site: Zambia : Malawian President Chakwera to attend HH’s inauguration. 2021-08-22. en-GB.
8. Web site: 2021-08-22. Chakwera to travel to Zambia on Tuesday Malawi 24 - Malawi news. 2021-08-22. Malawi 24. en-US.
9. Web site: Zambia declares public holiday for Hakainde Hichilema inauguration. 2021-08-23. www.iol.co.za. en.
10. Web site: Nkoe. 2021-08-23. Mokgweetsi Masisi to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of Hakainde Hichilema. 2021-08-23. Gambakwe Media. en-US.
11. Web site: 2021-08-23. Pres Mnangagwa arrives for Hichilema's inauguration. 2021-08-23. ZBC NEWS. en-GB.
12. Web site: 2021-08-23. 10 Heads of State to witness Bally's inauguration. 2021-08-24. Zambia: News Diggers!. en-GB.
13. Web site: Secretary-General celebrates 'miracle' of Zambian unity as new President is sworn in . 2022-07-30 . Commonwealth . en.
14. Web site: 2021-08-21. President Biden Announces Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Zambia to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema. 2021-08-22. The White House. en-US.