Rupiah Bwezani Banda was born on 19 February 19. 1937. Banda was the fourth president of Zambia from 2008 to 2011. On March 11, 2022, He died at the age of 85 years.
His birthplace was Gwanda, Zambia. Banda was married to Hope Mwansa Makulu. Makulu Died in 2000. Banda has seven (7) children in total. He later married Thandiwe Banda, who was considered to be the youngest First Lady in Zambia’s history.
Rupiah Banda is an alumnus of Addis Ababa University, Lund University, and Wolfson College, Cambridge. He took over office from President Levy Mwanawasa who had died serving as the sitting president in 2008. Banda in 2006, was appointed by Mwanawasa to become the vice-president of Zambia.
It is reported, Banda narrowly won against opposition leader Michael Sata during the 2008 by-election. In September 2011, he was defeated in the presidential election by his political opponent, Michael Sata who was the candidate leader for the Patriotic Front political party.
Did Rupiah Banda have a daughter?
Aside from the little information about his children Henry and Temwani Banda, not enough information is known about the rest of his children. We cannot be certain of the gender and will update our readers when we get any information on that.
Who are Rupiah Banda’s children?
According to a report, Rupiah Banda has seven children and among them, only two of them are known. Their names are Henry Banda And Temwani Banda.
Henry is very popular in the media as he was arrested some time ago for allegedly using three different passports during his travels.
Temwani Banda is one of the sons of Rupiah Banda. It is reported that he is quite a private person and therefore we do not have enough details about him.
At the moment, information about the rest of his other children is unknown to the public.
