Bakili muluzi biography of william

President of Malawi

Rose Through Party Ranks

Formed United Democratic Front

Pledged Smooth Transition

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When the nation of Malawi gained its independence from Great Britain in 1964, Hastings Kamuzu Banda was seen as a hero of liberation.

Bakili Muluzi’s victory over him in the country’s first free election thirty years later marked the beginning of a new phase in the history of Malawi. After three decades under the despotic rule of Banda, a classic third-world strongman, the 9.7 million people of Malawi voted to oust the 90-some year old dictator in favor of Muluzi, a former member of the Banda cabinet.

The election of Muluzi, a successful businessman, brought hope to many that economic conditions in that country, one of the poorest in the world, might improve by the end of the 20th century.

Before gaining its independence from Britain, Malawi, located in a mountainous region of southeastern Africa, was known as Nyasaland.

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