Ruler · 1890 – 1997

Hastings Banda

Lived 1890 – 1997; physician, politician, diplomat. President of Malawi (Malawi), 1966 – 1994.

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Lived: 1890 – 1997; 107 years
In office: 28 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Malawi
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Malawi

Malawi · the 1st of 7 dated reigns · 1966 – 2025

Hastings Banda1966 – 1994

Bakili Muluzi1994 – 2004

Bingu wa Mutharika2004 – 2012

Joyce Banda2012 – 2014

3 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1966 – 1994 · 28 years · came to it aged 76

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1994; they died in 1997

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