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Levy Mwanawasapresident of Zambia Died: August 19, 2008 Best Known as: president of Zambia who fought corruption
Deathplace: France
Levy Mwanawasa was president of Zambia from 2002 until his death in
2008. He served as the vice president of Zambia from 1991 to 1994, but
resigned in protest of the corruption within the Zambian government.
Mwanawasa reluctantly ran for the office of president in 2002, winning by
only 29% of the vote. During his term, he led an anticorruption campaign
that exposed the former president, Frederick Chiluba, of stealing millions
of dollars from Zambia. In addition, Mwanawasa created policies that
attracted foreign investors and freed Zambia from much of its foreign
debt. Mwanawasa was one of the few African leaders who criticized Robert
Mugabe's corrupt regime in the neighboring country of Zimbabwe.
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