List of ambassadors of Zambia to the United States

The Zambian ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Lusaka to the Government of the United States.

Ambassador of Zambia to the United States Embassy of Zambia, Washington, D.C.
Inaugural holder	Hosea Josias Soko
Formation	November 24, 1964

The Zambian ambassadorial residence in Washington, D.C.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément	Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	List of presidents of Zambia	List of presidents of the United States	Term end
August 4, 1964	August 12, 1964		Request to Open Mission/Request Granted	Kenneth Kaunda	Lyndon B. Johnson
	December 15, 1964		EMBASSY OPENED	Kenneth Kaunda	Lyndon B. Johnson
December 15, 1964	November 24, 1964	Hosea Josias Soko		Kenneth Kaunda	Lyndon B. Johnson
July 5, 1966	July 19, 1966	Samuel Chinyama Mbilishi		Kenneth Kaunda	Lyndon B. Johnson
April 4, 1967	April 7, 1967	Rupiah Banda		Kenneth Kaunda	Lyndon B. Johnson
December 22, 1969	February 3, 1970	Mainza Chona		Kenneth Kaunda	Richard Nixon
December 2, 1970	December 21, 1970	Andrew B. Mutemba		Kenneth Kaunda	Richard Nixon
July 15, 1971		Simon J. M. Mwanba	Chargé d'affaires	Kenneth Kaunda	Richard Nixon
August 26, 1971	September 21, 1971	Unia Gostel Mwila		Kenneth Kaunda	Richard Nixon
January 28, 1974		Joshua Simasiku Siyolwe	Chargé d'affaires^[1]	Kenneth Kaunda	Gerald Ford
May 31, 1974	June 5, 1974	Siteke Gibson Mwale		Kenneth Kaunda	Gerald Ford
August 5, 1976		Fidelis F. Bwalya	Chargé d'affaires	Kenneth Kaunda	Gerald Ford
July 14, 1977	July 29, 1977	Putteho Muketoi Ngonda		Kenneth Kaunda	Jimmy Carter
September 19, 1985	November 5, 1985	Nalumino Mundia		Kenneth Kaunda	Ronald Reagan
September 21, 1989	October 24, 1989	Paul J. F. Lusaka		Kenneth Kaunda	George H. W. Bush
July 9, 1992	September 8, 1992	Dunstan Weston Kamana		Frederick Chiluba	George H. W. Bush
June 19, 2000	September 5, 2000	Atan Shansonga		Frederick Chiluba	Bill Clinton
February 7, 2003	February 26, 2003	Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika		Levy Mwanawasa	George W. Bush
June 25, 2010	June 28, 2010	Shelia Z. Siwela	^[2]	Rupiah Banda	Barack Obama
January 8, 2013	January 14, 2013	Palan Mulonda		Michael Sata	Barack Obama
January 2020^[3]	April 8, 2020^[4]	Lazarous Kapambwe		Edgar Lungu	Joe Biden	August 24, 2021

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References

1. Joshua Simasiku Siyolwe
2. [1]Shelia Z. Siwela
3. "Ambassador Lazarous Kapambwe's Biography | Embassy of the Republic of Zambia in Washington, D.C." www.zambiaembassy.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
4. "Zambia : President Donald Trump meet Zambia's Ambassador to the USA, Lazarous Kapambwe". 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
5. Chief of Protocol, [2][3]