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Bingu wa Mutharika

1934 - 2012

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Bingu wa Mutharika ( moot-ə-REE-kə; born Brightson Webster Ryson Thom; 24 February 1934 – 5 April 2012) was a Malawian politician and economist who served as the third president of Malawi from 2004 until his death in 2012. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he served as the party's president from 2005 to 2012, and was also the eighth chairperson of the African Union from 2010 to 2011. Born in Thyolo District, Mutharika was educated in India and the United States in the 1960s where he graduated from the University of Delhi with a master of Arts degree in economics. Mutherika later entered the civil service as where he served as an administrative officer in the Governments of Malawi and Zambia, and also worked at the World Bank as a Loans Officer and at the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa, as Director of Trade and Development Finance and as Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bingu wa Mutharika is the 111th most popular economist (down from 103rd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Malawi and the most popular Malawian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 111 out of 414. Before him are Edward C. Prescott, Robert Fogel, W. Edwards Deming, George Akerlof, John Harsanyi, and Richard Thaler. After him are Friedrich von Wieser, Merton Miller, Lucas Papademos, Daron Acemoglu, Thomas Schelling, and Franz Oppenheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 84. Before him are Rudolf Schuster, Abimael Guzmán, Yoshio Furukawa, Garry Marshall, Renata Scotto, and Marshall Rosenberg. After him are Dave Mackay, Cláudio Hummes, Eduard Khil, Nirmala Joshi, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, and Ingvar Carlsson. Among people deceased in 2012, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 70. Before him are Tony Martin, Gustav Leonhardt, Dave Brubeck, John Atta Mills, J. Christopher Stevens, and Harry Carey Jr.. After him are Malam Bacai Sanhá, Teófilo Stevenson, Eduard Khil, Richard Lynch, Chavela Vargas, and Ben Gazzara.

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In Malawi

Among people born in Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 2 out of 15. Before him are Lazarus Chakwera (1955). After him are Hastings Banda (1898), Joyce Banda (1950), Bakili Muluzi (1941), Peter Mutharika (1940), Abeid Karume (1905), Theresa Kachindamoto (1950), Anthea Stewart (1944), Michelle Paver (1960), William Kamkwamba (1987), and Russell Mwafulirwa (1983).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Malawi

Among economists born in Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika ranks 1. 

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