What is Esther Lungu?
{{Infobox first lady | name = Esther Lungu | image = Esther Nyawa Lungu.jpg | caption = | order = [[First Lady of Zambia]] | term_start = January 25, 2015 | term_end = August 24, 2021 | predecessor = [[Charlotte Harland Scott|Charlotte Scott]] | successor = [[Mutinta Hichilema]] | president = [[Edgar Lungu]] | occupation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|6|2|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = [[Edgar Lungu]] | children = 6 | party = [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] | alma_mater = }} '''Esther Nyawa Lungu''' (born 2 June 1961) is a [[Zambia]]n politician and public figure. She is also the wife of the current President of [[Zambia]] [[Edgar Lungu]]. She was raised as a [[Catholic]], but she and her husband are now [[Baptists]].<ref name=zdm>{{cite news |title=Lungu is a kind man |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=75667 |work=Zambia Daily Mail |date=9 August 2016 |access-date=20 October 2016 |archive-date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808231531/https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=75667 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lungu has campaigned against [[child marriage]] during her tenure as First Lady.<ref name=tz>{{cite news|title=Zambia: Overcoming Early Marriages |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201509240472.html |work=Times of Zambia (AllAfrica.com) |date=23 September 2015 |access-date=26 August 2016}}</ref> She is the Chairman and mentor of Esther Lungu Foundation formed on December 2015 to empower women and children of Zambia. In May 2024, Esther Lungu was arrested for fraud.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|title=Zambian ex-first lady arrested on fraud charges |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3ggpp00ry5o |work=BBC (bbc.com) |date=31 May 2024 |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|20em}} {{bio-stub}} {{First Ladies of Zambia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lungu, Esther}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:First Ladies of Zambia]]