List of University of Zambia people

This is a list of people associated with the University of Zambia.

Heads of State

 * Levy Mwanawasa, late Zambian president, studied law at UNZA
 * Edgar Lungu, former Zambian president, studied law at UNZA
 * Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
 * Hakainde Hichilema, current Zambian President

Vice-Presidents

 * Inonge Wina, former vice president of Zambia, obtained a BA degree at UNZA
 * George Kunda, former vice president of Zambia

Cabinet level

 * Nkandu Luo, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and former head of Pathology and Microbiology at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia
 * Margaret Mwanakatwe, Minister of Finance
 * Chitalu Chilufya, Minister of Health
 * Brian Mushimba, Minister of Higher Education

Supreme Court

 * Ireen Mambilima, late Chief Justice of Zambia
 * Florence Mumba, Judge of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal and Justice of the Supreme Court of Zambia

Members of Parliament

 * Jonas Chanda, Member of the National Assembly for Bwana Mkubwa
 * Stanley Kakubo, Member of the National Assembly for Kapiri Mposhi
 * Highvie Hamududu, former Member of the National Assembly for Bweengwa

International

 * Chileshe Kapwepwe, Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
 * Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda
 * Nahas Angula, Namibian Minister of Defence
 * Brigitte Mabandla, former South African Minister of Public Enterprises

Ambassadors

 * Monica Nashandi, Namibian ambassador and 1983 graduate
 * Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, Zambian Ambassador to the United States of America.

Opposition leaders

 * Edith Nawakwi, Leader of the Forum for Democracy and Development and former Minister of Finance.

Business

 * Justin Chinyanta, investment banker
 * Mizinga Melu, Chief Executive Officer, Barclays Bank of Zambia
 * Chibamba Kanyama, business Leader and writer
 * Thandi Ndlovu, South African businesswoman and medical doctor
 * Bokani Soko, Zambian businessman and sponsor of Lusaka Dynamos Football Club

Other alumni

 * Edward Makuka Nkoloso, founder of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy
 * Mulenga Kapwepwe, patron of the arts
 * Dambisa Moyo, economist
 * Sir Alimuddin Zumla, Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at the University College London Medical School.
 * Ellen Banda-Aaku, writer
 * John Matshikiza, South African actor
 * Muyoba Macwan, physicist
 * Aaron Mujajati, physician
 * Mushaukwa Mukunyandela, neurologist
 * Michael Burawoy, sociologist