Edgar Lungu

**Edgar Chagwa Lungu** (11 ga Nuwamba 1956 - 5 ga Yuni 2025) ɗan siyasan Zambiya ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban Zambia na shida daga 26 ga Janairu 2015 zuwa 24 ga Agusta 2021. 

A karkashin Shugaba Michael Sata, Lungu ya yi aiki a matsayin Ministan Shari'a da Ministan Tsaro. Bayan rasuwar Sata a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2014, an zabi Lungu a matsayin dan takarar jam'iyyar Patriotic Front a taron jam'iyyar Patriot Front wanda aka gudanar a Kabwe, don zaben shugaban kasa na watan Janairun shekara ta 2015, wanda shine don sanin wanda zai yi aiki a sauran wa'adin Sata. A cikin zaben, ya kayar da dan takarar adawa Hakainde Hichilema kuma ya hau mulki a ranar 25 ga watan Janairun 2015.

## Rayuwa ta farko da aikin lauya
An haifi Lungu a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba 1956 a Asibitin Tsakiya na Ndola . Bayan kammala karatunsa tare da B." id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="LL.B.">LL. B. a cikin 1981 daga Jami'ar Zambia, ya shiga kamfanin lauya Andrea Masiye da Kamfanin a Lusaka. Daga baya ya sami horo na jami'in soja a Miltez a Kabwe a karkashin Sabis na Kasa na Zambia (ZNS). Daga nan sai ya koma yin aiki a matsayin lauya, sannan daga baya ya shiga siyasa.

## Ayyukan siyasa
Lungu ya tsaya a matsayin dan takara mai zaman kansa a mazabar Chawama a Babban zaben 1996,  tare da Christon Tembo na MMD ya lashe kujerar a gabansa.  Bayan kafa Jam'iyyar United Party for National Development a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1998, Lungu ya shiga wannan jam'iyyar.

A Babban zaben 2011, Lungu ya sake tsayawa a matsayin dan takarar Patriotic Front na mazabar Chawama kuma ya lashe kujerar majalisa. Bayan PF ta lashe zaben 2011, Lungu ya zama Minista a ofishin Mataimakin Shugaban kasa. Daga baya aka kara shi zuwa Ministan Harkokin Cikin Gida a ranar 9 ga Yulin 2012.  Ya zama Ministan Tsaro a ranar 24 ga Disamba 2013  bayan Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba ya yi murabus daga mukamin minista, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mukaddashin shugaban kasa a lokacin da Shugaba Michael Sata ya yi rashin lafiya na dogon lokaci a 2013-14. Ya kuma rike mukamai masu yawa a jam'iyyarsa, ciki har da Shugaban Kwamitin Tsakiya na PF kan horo, kuma ya zama Sakatare Janar na PF da Ministan Shari'a a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta 2014 don maye gurbin Wynter Kabimba, wanda aka kore shi.

A ranar 3 ga Nuwamba 2014, mukaddashin shugaban kasar Dr. Guy Scott ya kori Lungu a matsayin Sakatare Janar na PF.  Ya maye gurbinsa da Davis Mwila, memba na majalisar dokoki na Chipili .  Kashegari, Scott ya dawo da Lungu. A ranar 30 ga watan Nuwamba, an zabi Lungu a matsayin Shugaban jam'iyyar Patriotic Front a wani taron kasa na jam'iyyar da aka gudanar a Kabwe. Koyaya, taron ya kasance mai ban mamaki saboda babu jefa kuri'a da aka yi. Maimakon haka, wakilan da ba a amince da su ba sun zabe shi ta hanyar ɗaga hannaye.

A ranar 20 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2015, Lungu ya tsaya takarar Zaben shugaban kasa kuma ya doke abokin hamayyarsa mafi kusa Hakainde Hichilema na United Party for National Development da ƙarancin kuri'u 27,757 (1.66%), tare da kashi 32.36% na masu jefa kuri'a da suka halarci. Hukumar Zabe ta Zambia ta ayyana shi a matsayin mai nasara a ranar 24 ga watan Janairu.

## Rayuwa da mutuwarsa
Lungu ta auri Esther Lungu a 1986 kuma tana da 'ya'ya shida, ciki har da Tasila Lungu, memba na majalisar (MP) na Chawama (wanda aka zaba a 2021).  Shi da iyalinsa suna yin Baptists.

A cikin 2015, an bayyana cewa ana kula da Lungu a waje da Zambia don achalasia .  A watan Yunin 2021, ya fadi a lokacin wani taron soja na talabijin saboda wani hari na hypoglycaemic, rikitarwa na achalasia.

A farkon 2025, Lungu ya yi tafiya zuwa Afirka ta Kudu don karɓar magani na musamman don rashin lafiya da ba a bayyana ba. A watan Mayu na shekara ta 2025, an ruwaito cewa yanayinsa ya kasance mai ɗorewa duk da jita-jita game da rashin lafiyarsa. A safiyar 5 ga Yuni 2025, Lungu ya mutu bayan ya sha wahala daga matsalolin zuciya daga aikin tiyata da yake yi a Mediclinic Medforum a Pretoria, Afirka ta Kudu.  Yana da shekaru 68. Gwamnatin Zambiya ta ayyana kwanaki bakwai na makoki, tare da tutar da aka tashi a rabin mast, yayin da Mozambique ta ayyana kwana uku na makoki.  

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