Zambia's incumbent President, Hakainde Hichilema, has confirmed that he will retain his Vice President, Mutale Nalumango, as his running mate for the upcoming general elections in August. 

Nalumango is the current Vice President and is only the second woman to hold this position, following Inonge Wina, who was the first female Vice President under the late Edgar Lungu. 

Nalumango, aged 71, is a Zambian education specialist and politician. 

She currently serves as Zambia's 14th vice president. 

She served as the Secondary Schools Teachers' Union of Zambia vice-president before entering politics in 2001 and was elected as a member of parliament for the Kaputa constituency at the 2001 general election as the then Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate.

Nalumango served in several positions, including as the Labour and Social Security Minister and Information and Broadcasting Services Minister.

As Information and Broadcasting Services minister, her actions raised concerns about press freedom in Zambia. 

After being re-elected as a member of parliament in 2006, she stood for deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia and won unopposed, becoming the first female to hold that position.

In 2011, she joined the United Party for National Development, where she was appointed the party's national chairperson in 2013, a position she held until February 2021, when she became the vice president of the party following her nomination as a running mate to President Hakainde Hichilema.

After the 2021 general election, she became the Vice President of Zambia after the UPND won the presidential election, becoming only the second woman after her predecessor, Inonge Wina, to hold the position.