2022 in Zambia
# 2022 in Zambia

Events in the year 2022 in Zambia

## Incumbents

| Photo | Post | Name |
| - | - | - |
| Kamala Harris meets with Hakainde Hichilema | President of Zambia | Hakainde Hichilema |
| | Vice President of Zambia | W.K. Mutale Nalumango |

## Events

* 24 March – The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.
* 24 June – Zambia reports the first suspected cases of monkeypox.
* 15 December – Police in Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27 Ethiopian migrants found dead on the outskirts of Lusaka on Sunday. The bodies were dumped in a farm.
* 23 December – Zambia officially abolishes capital punishment.

## Deaths

### March

* 11 March – Rupiah Banda, 85, 4th Republican President of Zambia

### May

* 3 May - Alexander Chikwanda, 83, Finance Minister of Zambia from 2011 to 2016.

## Sports

* Zambia women's national football team Qualifies for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.
* Zambia national football team win the 2022 COSAFA Cup
