# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hakainde-hichilema
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:52:22.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hakainde-hichilema"
name: "Hakainde Hichilema"
slug: "hakainde-hichilema"
description: "Hakainde Hichilema, often known by his initials HH and the nickname \"Bally\", is a Zambian businessman, farmer, and politician who is the seventh and current president of Zambia since 24 August 2021. After having contested five previous elections in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016, he won the 2021 presidential election with 59.02% of the vote. He has led the United Party for National Development since 2006 following the death of the party founder Anderson Mazoka."
tagline: "7th President of Zambia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hakainde_Hichilema_in_Japan_on_February_6%2C_2025_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1962-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             10.66451439332795
  historical:           21.76144533333333
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 236
platforms:
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    handle:    "HHichilema"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/hhichilema/"
    handle:    "hhichilema"
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    handle:    "hakainde.hichilema"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump