Kenneth Kaunda
First president of Zambia (1924-2021) · Zambia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 97
Kenneth Kaunda, also known as KK, was a Zambian politician who served as the first president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.
Kenneth Kaunda is read about 264 times a day, in 69 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 11 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
People around Kenneth
Parents
Kenneth KaundaPartners
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong. A marriage is drawn as ended only where its end is recorded, so a spouse drawn here may be a former one.
Correct this familyAlso in Deutsch
Media & music
Photos 12
Kaunda with UNIP supporters after a meeting with Iain Macleod, Colonial Secretary, in March 1960
Italian president Giuseppe Saragat and Kenneth Kaunda in 1966
Kaunda in Frankfurt, West Germany, 1970
Malawian president Hastings Banda meeting with Kaunda
Kaunda visiting Romania in 1970
Kaunda and US president Jimmy Carter at the White House in 1978Awards
About this person
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).
