Politics
Mwanawasa served as Vice-President until he resigned in 1994. In 1996 he unsuccessfully contested Chiluba for the presidency of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy. After the loss, Mwanawasa retired from politics until the 2001 election.
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“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
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