{"id":54397,"date":"2025-06-05T15:21:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/former-zambia-s-president-edgar-lungu-dies\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T15:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:35:35","slug":"former-zambia-s-president-edgar-lungu-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/former-zambia-s-president-edgar-lungu-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Zambian President is reported to have breathed his last at 6:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>His demise was confirmed by Tasila Lungu-Mwansa, Chawama Member of Parliament and daughter of the late President, as well as Makebi Zulu, the family\u2019s lawyer, who noted that the family is still in the process of informing relatives and close associates.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lungu served as Zambia\u2019s President from January 26, 2015, to August 24, 2021, leading the nation through significant political and economic developments. <\/p>\n<p>His tenure left a lasting impact on Zambia\u2019s governance and political landscape, and he remained an influential figure within the Patriotic Front and the nation at large.<\/p>\n<p>In an official statement, Given Lubinda, Acting President of the Patriotic Front, expressed profound grief over the loss of the party\u2019s leader. The statement indicated that further details regarding funeral arrangements would be shared in due course.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-88705\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/pphoto-84.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu died in South Africa where he was receiving medical attention. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriotic Front (PF), Zambia\u2019s main opposition party, has announced the passing of Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, the country\u2019s sixth President, on Thursday, June 5, 2025. Dr. Lungu died at Mediclinic Medforum Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, where he had been receiving specialized medical treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000088704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000088704,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/edgar-lungu.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/edgar-lungu.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/edgar-lungu.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/edgar-lungu.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/edgar-lungu.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/edgar-lungu.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000088704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54397"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54397"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}