# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-kaunda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:23:04.309Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-kaunda"
name: "Kenneth Kaunda"
slug: "kenneth-kaunda"
description: "Kenneth Kaunda, also known as KK, was a Zambian politician who served as the first president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefront of the campaign for independence from the British Empire, though he would subsequently establish himself as a dictator and oversee Zambia's economic collapse once this was achieved. Dissatisfied with Harry Nkumbula's leadership of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress, he broke away and founded the Zambian African National Congress, later becoming the head of the socialist United National Independence Party (UNIP)."
tagline: "First president of Zambia (1924–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenneth_David_Kaunda.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-04-28"
deathDate: "2021-06-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.946617579383341
  historical:           24.338076
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm5203377"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump