The Government of the Republic of Zambia (贊比亞共和國政府) is the sovereign government of Zambia, a landlocked republic in southern Africa that gained independence from British colonial rule on October 24, 1964. According to the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, Zambia is a democratic republic with a unicameral parliament known as the National Assembly, with executive authority vested in a directly elected president serving a maximum of two five-year terms. In its 2024 country report, Human Rights Watch documented a pattern of increasing authoritarianism ahead of national elections scheduled for 2026, including restrictions on political opposition, interference with judicial independence, and public statements by the president that raised concerns about the government’s commitment to holding elections on schedule.