death_date children birth_date term_end death_place profession order term_start spouse image name caption vicepresident predecessor birth_place president party successor religion article_title
19 august 2008 7 03 september 1948 19 august 2008 1994 paris , france lawyer 3rd president of zambia vice president of zambia 2 january 2002 1991 maureen mwanawasa levy mwanawasa.jpg levy mwanawasa mwanawasa on 16 march 2006 . enoch kavindele nevers mumba lupando mwape rupiah banda frederick chiluba '' position vacant '' mufulira , northern rhodesia frederick chiluba mmd rupiah banda godfrey miyanda baptist levy mwanawasa

levy mwanawasa

levy patrick mwanawasa -lrb- 3 september 1948 -- 19 august 2008 -rrb- was the third republican president of zambia .
he ruled the country from january 2002 until his death in august 2008 .
he is credited for having initiated a campaign to rid the country of corruption .
prior to his election , mwanawasa served as vice-president from 1991 to 1994 whilst an elected member of parliament for chifubu constituency .
