Lazarous Kapambwe

Lazarous Kapambwe
Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations
In office
2007–2012
Preceded byTens Chisola Kapoma
Succeeded byNgosa Simbyakula
Ambassador of Zambia to the United States
In office
January 2020  August 2021
PresidentEdgar Lungu
Ambassador to Ethiopia
In office
2003–2007
PresidentLevy Mwanawasa
67th President of the Economic and Social Council
In office
2011–2012
PresidentMichael Sata
Permanent Representative of Zambia
In office
2017–2020
PresidentEdgar Lungu
Personal details
Born
Lazarous Kapambwe

(1959-12-31) December 31, 1959
Lusaka, Zambia
Alma materUniversity of Zambia, Nairobi University

Lazarous Kapambwe (born December 31, 1959) is a Zambian diplomat, the 17th Ambassador of the Republic of Zambia to the United States of America since January, 2020. He has served as Zambia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 18 June 2007 to 31 December 2019. He was the sixty-seventh President of the Economic and Social Council. He has also served as Zambia's Ambassador to the African Union, from June 2003 to June 2007.