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Malawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election

Malawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election

Date
19 May 1994
Updated
22 Aug 2019
Malawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election

Malawi's first President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda since independence from Britain in 1964 concedes defeat to Bakili Muluzi in the country's first multi-party election. With 30 years at the helm as Africa's longest ruling dictator, Kamuzu bowed gracefully and congratulated the incoming president wholeheartedly and hoping that he would be able to usher Malawi into a new era. Banda died in a hospital in South Africa in 1997, at the age of 101 and despite the controversy, which surrounded his rule, he was given a state funeral. References: Mwenenguwe, R.,  Malawi: Political crisis in the midst of starvation, from Global Politician, [online], Available at www.globalpolitician.com [Accessed 21 May 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Malawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013162

South African History Online (2011) 'Malawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013162 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, Malawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013162, (accessed 28 August 2026).

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South African History Online. "Malawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013162.

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