Prime Minister of the Republic of Zambia | |
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Appointer | President of Zambia |
Formation | 25 August 1973 |
First holder | Mainza Chona |
Final holder | Malimba Masheke |
Abolished | 31 August 1991 |
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The prime minister of Zambia was the head of government of Zambia. From 1973 to 1975, Mainza Chona was the first person to hold the position following independence from the United Kingdom (Kenneth Kaunda was the only prime minister of Northern Rhodesia in 1964, before it became independent as Zambia).
The position of the prime minister of Zambia was abolished in 1991, in the last months of Kaunda's presidential term. Since then, the President of Zambia serves as both the head of state and the head of government.