Kenneth Kaunda

Kenneth Kaunda
Kaunda in 2020
1st President of Zambia
In office 24 October 1964 – 2 November 1991
Preceded by	British Colonial Governor
Succeeded by	Frederick Chiluba
3rd Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office 8 September 1970 – 5 September 1973
Preceded by	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Succeeded by	Houari Boumédienne
Personal details
Born	(1924-04-28)28 April 1924 Chinsali, Northern RhodesiaNow.Zambia
Died	17 June 2021(2021-06-17) (aged 97) Lusaka, Zambia
Nationality	Zambian
Political party	UNIP
Spouse(s)	Betty Kaunda
Children	8
Profession	Teacher

Kenneth David Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021), also known as KK, was a Zambian politician and teacher. He first served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was also Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from September 1970 to September 1973.

Kaunda died on 17 June 2021 at a hospital in Lusaka, Zambia from pneumonia at the age of 97.

References

More readings

• "Kaunda, Kenneth."Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Online. URL:http://search.eb.com/eb/article-3849 Accessed 19 May 2006.
• Fergus Macpherson, Kenneth Kaunda: The Times and the Man (1974)
• Richard Hall, The High Price of Principles: Kaunda and the White South (1969)
• David C. Mulford, Zambia: The Politics of Independence, 1957–1964 (1967)
• At Ipenburg, 'All Good Men.' The Development of Lubwa Mission, Chinsali, Zambia, 1905–1967 (1992)

Other websites

Media related to Kenneth Kaunda at Wikimedia Commons

• 1964: President Kaunda takes power in Zambia
• Kaunda on the non-aligned movement
• Kaunda on Mugabe

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