Zambia michael sata biography

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          Michael Sata

          President of Zambia from 2011 to 2014

          Michael Charles Chilufya Sata (6 July 1937 – 28 October 2014) was a Zambian politician who served as the fifth president of Zambia from 2011 until his death in 2014.

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        4. Born in , Mr Sata grew up a devout Catholic and worked as a police officer, railway man and trade unionist during colonial rule.
        5. Michael Charles Chilufya Sata (6 July – 28 October ) was a Zambian politician who served as the fifth president of Zambia from until his death.

          6. A social democrat,[2] he led the Patriotic Front (PF), a major political party in Zambia. Under President Frederick Chiluba, Sata was a minister during the 1990s as part of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) government.

          He went into opposition in 2001, forming the PF. As an opposition leader, Sata – popularly known as "The King Cobra", emerged as the leading opposition presidential contender and rival to President Levy Mwanawasa in the 2006 presidential election, but was defeated.

          Following Mwanawasa's death, Sata ran again in 2008, losing to Rupiah Banda.

          After ten years in opposition, Sata defeated Banda, the incumbent, to win the September 2011 presidential election with a plurality of the vote.

          He died in London on 28 October 2014, leaving