Michael Sata
Michael Sata
Michael Chilufya Satawas a Zambian politician who was the fifth President of Zambia, from 23 September 2011 until his death on 28 October 2014. A social democrat, he led the Patriotic Front, a major political party in Zambia. Under President Frederick Chiluba, Sata was a minister during the 1990s as part of the Movement for Multiparty Democracygovernment; he went into opposition in 2001, forming the PF. As an opposition leader, Sata – popularly known as "King Cobra" – emerged as...
NationalityZambian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 July 1937
CountryZambia
Africa, and Zambia in particular, drifted away from the West for a long time, and we have to reconcile.
This is our country. You are treating me like an animal, like it's not my country.
Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.