Mwanawasa on 16 March 2006.

Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (3 September 1948 – 19 August 2008) was a Zambian politician. He was the President of Zambia from January 2002 until his death in August 2008.

Mwanawasa was born in Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia as the second of 10 children. He held a law degree from the University of Zambia. He worked in private law firms from 1974 until 1978 when he formed his own firm Mwanawasa & Company. In 1985 Mwanawasa served as Solicitor General in the Zambian government but he went back to private practice in 1986.