Elson Bakili Muluzi is a Malawian politician who was the first freely elected president of Malawi from 1994 to 2004. He was also chairman of the United Democratic Front (UDF) until 2009. He succeeded Hastings Kamuzu Banda as Malawi's president. He also served in Banda's cabinet as minister without portfolio,before retiring in 1980.
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a political party in Malawi. The party was formed in February 2005 by Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika after a dispute with the United Democratic Front (UDF),which was led by his predecessor,Bakili Muluzi.
Emmie Takomana Chanika was a Malawian human rights activist.
Rodwell Thomas Changara Munyenyembe was a Malawian politician who served twice as Speaker of the National Assembly,from 1994 to 1999 and again from 2004 until his death. He also twice served as a cabinet minister,in the governments of Hastings Banda and Bakili Muluzi. He worked as a teacher prior to entering politics.
Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician who was the President of Malawi from 7 April 2012 to 31 May 2014. Banda took office as President following the sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She is the founder and leader of the People's Party,created in 2011. An educator and grassroots women's rights activist,she was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and the Vice-President of Malawi from May 2009 to April 2012. She had served in various roles as a member of Parliament and as Minister of Gender and Child Welfare before she became the President of the Republic of Malawi.
Nyasa Big Bullets is a Malawian association football club based in Blantyre,currently playing in the TNM Super League,the top division of Malawian football. The club was formerly known as Bata Bullets,Total Big Bullets and Bakili Bullets. Bullets are regarded as the number one football club in Malawi in terms of supporters,league title winning and financial background.
Justin Chimera Malewezi was a Malawian politician and a Member of Parliament for Ntchisi North in the Central Region of Malawi. He was Vice-President of Malawi from 1994 to 2004. Malewezi quit the United Democratic Front in 2004 and eventually represented the People's Progressive Movement in the 2004 general election,in which he garnered 2.5% of the total national vote.
General elections were held in Malawi on 19 May 2009. Incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika ran for re-election;his main opponent was John Tembo,the president of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Five other candidates also ran. The election was won by Mutharika,who was re-elected to the Presidency with around two-thirds of the vote. Mutharika's DPP also won a strong parliamentary majority.
Goodall Edward Gondwe is a Malawian economist who served in the cabinet of Malawi as Minister of Finance from 2014 to 2019. Previously he was Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2009,Minister of Local Government from 2009 to 2010,and Minister of Natural Resources,Energy and Environment Affairs from 2011 to 2012.
Atupele Muluzi is a Malawian politician,businessman and was a Member of Parliament for Machinga North East constituency from 2004 until May 27,2019. He is also the President of the United Democratic Front and was a presidential candidate during the 2019 election. He was a running mate in the 2020 presidential elections,on a coalition ticket with incumbent President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party. Muluzi was Minister of Natural Resources,Energy and Mining from 2014 to 2015 and the only opposition member to serve in the Mutharika administration. Subsequently,he served as Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security in 2015,and then Minister of Lands,Housing and Urban Development in 2015. He is currently Minister of Health. He is the son of the former president Bakili Muluzi.
Harry Thomson,also known as "Clean Harry",was a Malawian politician. He was born in Zomba,the capital of Nyasaland. He was a founding member of the United Democratic Front party (UDF) and a Minister of Trade and Industry.
Vera Mlangazua Chirwa is a Malawian born lawyer and human and civil rights activist. She was Malawi's first female lawyer and a founding member of the Malawi Congress Party and the Nyasaland African Women's League. She fought for multiparty democratic rule in Malawi and was charged with treason,tried and sentenced to death by President Kamuzu Banda. She spent 12 years on death row. She was married to lawyer Orton Chirwa,Malawian Minister of Justice and Attorney General,who later died in prison.
Patricia Annie Kaliati is a Malawian politician and former educator who has held various ministerial positions in the Cabinet of Malawi.
Sam Mpasu was a Malawian politician,author,and former diplomat. He served as Minister of Commerce,Secretary General of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1999,and speaker of the Malawi National Assembly.
Angela Zachepa-Muluzi is a Malawian accountant and politician. She is the former Member of Parliament for Blantyre North East. In 2004,Zachepa was elected as a Member of Parliament in Malawi at age 21,making her the youngest Member of Parliament ever in Malawi and a baby of the house.
Patricia Shanil Muluzi MP is the former First Lady of Malawi and wife of former President Bakili Muluzi. She is a former school teacher. Although the couple had been married in 1987 and when Muluzi was running for Presidency,she lived secretly and out of the public eye. After Bakili Muluzi became president in 1994,she lived in a presidential residence near Zomba. She made her first public appearance a day before the wedding.
Donton Samuel Mkandawire was a Malawian politician,educator,diplomat,and former Minister of Education and Member of Parliament for the Mzimba Central seat in the Mzimba District.
Twaibumohamedi John Twaibu Sangala was a Malawian cabinet Minister and one of the Mwanza four. He was from Dedza district Traditional Authority Tambala. The function was organised by the then ruling party UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT (UDF) under the leadership of Bakili Muluzi,the first democratically elected president in Malawi He was the Minister of Health for Malawi. He died in a mysterious death in 1983 together with two other cabinet ministers Aaron Gadama and Dick Matenje–and Member of Parliament David Chiwanga. Their deaths were ruled as a 'traffic accident' by the Kamuzu Banda regime.
Maximiano Mcwilliam Lunguzi was an Inspector General of Police in Malawi. He was removed from his post by President Bakili Muluzi and reassigned as a diplomat without an explanation in a move that was challenged by the court and ruled unconstitutional. He was charged with conspiracy to commit murder together with John Tembo,Cecilia Kadzamira but was acquitted.
Capital punishment in Malawi is a legal punishment for certain crimes. The country abolished the death penalty by a Malawian Supreme Court ruling in 2021,but it was soon reinstated. However,the country is currently under a death penalty moratorium,which has been in place since the latest execution in 1992.
