Conventional Long Form Name of Country: Republic of Zambia Capital City: Lusaka Type of Government: republic Date of Independence: National Holiday: 24 October 1964 (from the UK) Chief of State: President Michael Chilufya SATA (since 23 September 2011) Head of Government: President Michael Chilufya SATA (since 23 September )2011 Description of Executive Branch: Cabinet appointed by the president from among the members of the National Assembly; president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 20 September 2011 (next to be held in 2016); vice president appointed by the president. Description of Legislative Branch: unicameral National Assembly (158 seats; 150 members are elected by popular vote, 8 members appointed by the president, to serve five-year terms) Description of Judicial Branch: Supreme Court (the final court of appeal; justices are appointed by the president); High Court (has unlimited jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases) Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Ambassador to US: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Bernard KANGWA Embassy in US: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 Consulates in US: N/A US ambassador: Ambassador Mark C. STORELLA US Embassy in Zambia: corner of Independence and United Nations Avenues, Lusaka Zambia Representative to UN: Patricia Mwaba Kasese-Bota National Symbols: African fish eagle
Chief of State/ Head of Government
President Michael Chilufya Sata
National Flag
Symbolism: green field with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the outer edge of the flag; green stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, red symbolizes the struggle for freedom, black the people of Zambia, and orange the country's mineral wealth; the eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems.