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Hastings Banda

1898 - 1997

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Hastings Kamuzu Banda (c. 1898 – 25 November 1997) was a Malawian politician and statesman 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. After receiving much of his education in ethnography, linguistics, history, and medicine overseas, Banda returned to Nyasaland to speak against colonialism and advocate independence from the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hastings Banda is the 4,977th most popular politician (up from 6,785th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Malawi and the 2nd most popular Malawian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hastings Banda ranks 4,977 out of 19,576. Before him are Maria of Montferrat, Niklot, Janez Janša, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, and Beatrice of Swabia. After him are Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Amalia of Oldenburg, Susenyos I, Alexander II of Macedon, Suryavarman II, and Theudis.

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Among people born in 1898, Hastings Banda ranks 60. Before him are Hanns Eisler, Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, Carl Clauberg, Peggy Guggenheim, and Latife Uşşaki. After him are Günther Korten, Leopold Infeld, Ernő Gerő, Giuseppe Saragat, Henry Hathaway, and Julius Schaub. Among people deceased in 1997, Hastings Banda ranks 62. Before him are Diosdado Macapagal, André Franquin, Charles Brenton Huggins, Shoichi Yokoi, George Wald, and Masaru Ibuka. After him are Miguel Najdorf, Marco Ferreri, Fela Kuti, Maria Prymachenko, Gerda Christian, and Louis, Prince Napoléon.

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In Malawi

Among people born in Malawi, Hastings Banda ranks 3 out of 15. Before him are Lazarus Chakwera (1955), and Bingu wa Mutharika (1934). After him are 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 POLITICIANS In Malawi

Among politicians born in Malawi, Hastings Banda ranks 2. Before him are Lazarus Chakwera (1955). After him are Joyce Banda (1950), Bakili Muluzi (1941), Peter Mutharika (1940), Abeid Karume (1905), and Theresa Kachindamoto (1950).

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