List of University of Zambia people

This is a list of people associated with the University of Zambia.

Government

Heads of State

• Levy Mwanawasa, late Zambian president, studied law at UNZA
• Edgar Lungu, former Zambian president, studied law at UNZA
• Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
• Hakainde Hichilema, current Zambian President

Vice-Presidents

• Inonge Wina, former vice president of Zambia, obtained a BA degree at UNZA
• George Kunda, former vice president of Zambia

Cabinet level

• Nkandu Luo, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and former head of Pathology and Microbiology at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
• Margaret Mwanakatwe, Minister of Finance
• Chitalu Chilufya, Minister of Health
• Brian Mushimba, Minister of Higher Education

Supreme Court

• Ireen Mambilima, late Chief Justice of Zambia
• Florence Mumba, Judge of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal and Justice of the Supreme Court of Zambia

Members of Parliament

• Jonas Chanda, Member of the National Assembly for Bwana Mkubwa
• Stanley Kakubo, Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi
• Highvie Hamududu, former Member of the National Assembly for Bweengwa

International

• Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
• Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda
• Nahas Angula, Namibian Minister of Defence
• Brigitte Mabandla, former South African Minister of Public Enterprises

Ambassadors

• Monica Nashandi, Namibian ambassador and 1983 graduate
• Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian Ambassador to the United States of America.

Opposition leaders

• Edith Nawakwi, Leader of the Forum for Democracy and Development and former Minister of Finance.

Business

• Justin Chinyanta, investment banker
• Mizinga Melu, Chief Executive Officer, Barclays Bank of Zambia
• Chibamba Kanyama, business Leader and writer
• Thandi Ndlovu, South African businesswoman and medical doctor
• Bokani Soko, Zambian businessman and sponsor of Lusaka Dynamos Football Club

Other alumni

• Edward Makuka Nkoloso, founder of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy
• Mulenga Kapwepwe, patron of the arts
• Dambisa Moyo, economist
• Sir Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at the University College London Medical School.
• Ellen Banda-Aaku, writer
• John Matshikiza, South African actor
• Muyoba Macwan, physicist
• Aaron Mujajati, physician
• Mushaukwa Mukunyandela, neurologist
• Michael Burawoy, sociologist