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Michael Sata (R.I.P)

Bachelor in Political Science at Atlantic International University

• Position:

  Former President of Zambia

• Country of Birth:

  Zambia

• Graduation Date:

  2011

Michael Sata was a Zambian politician who was the fifth President of Zambia, from 23 September 2011 until his death on 28 October 2014. 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 "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 and lost to President Rupiah Banda in 2008. 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 October 28, 2014, leaving Vice President Guy Scott as Acting President until a presidential by-election was held on 20 January 2015 He graduated as a Bachelor in Political Science at Atlantic International University on 2011. Read Michael Sata Testimonial to AIU here...

 

"I want to record my profound gratitude to AIU in general and my academic advisers for the smooth guidance and exposure to the secrets of knowledge. Let me admit that the program prepared me sufficiently to face the presidential elections in my country. For me to have won the elections is testimony that AIU prepared me well. I am far better equipped now that I have completed the program than when I started it. I will always cherish AIU and will do everything in my power to be of use to AIU whenever called upon to do so."