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Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian politician who served as the leader of Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He served as Prime Minister from independence in 1964 to 1966, when Malawi was a Dominion/Commonwealth realm. In 1966, the country became a republic and he became the first president as a result, ruling until his defeat in 1994.
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science · President of Malawi from 1964 to 1994 · politician · diplomat · physician · also Hastings Banda, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, H. Kamuzu Banda, Banda
Born 15 February 1898 · Died 25 November 1997 · Q184945
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s wealth - which has taken them to overseas banks - has almost drawn a blank. After investigations conducted over a period of two years, Graham Carr has released a report saying the missing death certificate has further complicated their efforts to break the mystery. This was because most financial institutions demanded the certificate before they could release records of Dr Banda
Career landmark: President of Malawi (1966–1994).
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“s wealth - which has taken them to overseas banks - has almost drawn a blank. After investigations conducted over a period of two years, Graham Carr has released a report saying the missing death certificate has further complicated their efforts to break the mystery. This was because most financial institutions demanded the certificate before they could release records of Dr Banda”
Published “Tocilizumab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial” in The Lancet — cited 1,541 times.
Published “Direct Activation of STING in the Tumor Microenvironment Leads to Potent and Systemic Tumor Regression and Immunity” in Cell Reports — cited 1,429 times.
Jumani Johansson (1973–2019) claimed to be the son of the late president and was seeking DNA testing through the courts of Malawi
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Died 1997-11-25.
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Was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Blantyre before being transferred to South Africa, where he died on 25 November 1997
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Banda was arrested and charged with the murder, ten years previously, of former cabinet colleagues
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Three ministers – Dick Matenje, Twaibu Sangala, Aaron Gadama – and Member of Parliament David Chiwanga died in what was labelled officially as a "traffic accident"
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And with Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania and Enver Hoxha's Albania in 1985)
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To defend Malawi's interests in Mozambique
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The legislature declared Banda President for Life of Malawi as well
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Became president for life of Malawi itself
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The MCP made Banda the party's president for life
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A congress of the MCP declared Banda its president for life
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Career landmark: President of Malawi (1966–1994).
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The country became a republic and he became the first president as a result, ruling until his defeat in 1994
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To 1966, when Malawi was a Dominion/Commonwealth realm
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Malawi (1964–1966).
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Banda became increasingly isolated in African politics
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After serving as a government minister in the colonial administration, Banda adopted a macroeconomic policy aimed at accelerating economic development for the betterment of Malawians
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The Malawi Congress Party, remains a major force in Malawian politics
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But he moved instead to the Gold Coast in West Africa
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At the behest of Chief Mwase of Kasungu, whom he had met in England in 1939, and other politically active Malawians, he represented the Nyasaland African Congress at the Fifth Pan-African Congress in Manchester
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Buying a practice in the North London suburb of Harlesden
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Met Merene French, the daughter-in-law of one of his patients, and began a relationship with her
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Left on foot for Johannesburg in South Africa
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Naming himself after John Hastings, a Scottish missionary working near his village whom he admired
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Moved to Chilanga mission station and was baptised in 1910
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“No one knows the hour, the date, the month or the year in which I was born, although I now accept the evidence that you give me – March or April 1898.”
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Born 1898-02-15.
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