Muluzi, Bakili

LC control no.	no 96025989
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Muluzi, Bakili *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Muluzi, Elson Bakili
See also	Malawi. President (1994-2004 : Muluzi) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Associated country	Malawi
Birth date	19430317
Place of birth	Machinga (Malawi)
Affiliation	Malawi Young Pioneers Malawi Congress Party Malaŵi Chamber of Commerce & Industry United Democratic Front (Malawi) Southern African Development Community African Union
Profession or occupation	Presidents Businessmen Education ministers Politicians
Found in	His State address made by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Malawi, ..., 1994: t.p. (Bakili Muluzi) Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 12, 2006 (Elson Bakili Muluzi; b. Mar. 17, 1943; president of Malawi, May 21, 1994-May 20, 2004) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Muluzi, Bakili; Elson Bakili Muluzi; president, businessman, education minister, politician; born 17 March 1943 in Machinga, Malawi ; joined the newly formed Malawi Young Pioneers (early 1960s); trained as a technical instructor, Thirsted Technical College, Denmark; principal of Nasawa Technical College, Magomero, the main training base of the Malawi Young Pioneers (1973); Member of Parliament for Mchinga (1975); minister of education (1977); minister without portfolio and secretary-general of the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) (till 1982); chairman of the Malawi Chamber of Commerce; formed the United Democratic Front (UDF) party (1992); defeated in the presidential election (1994); formed a coalition government with the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD); his government became active in the Southern African Development Community and the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union; was reelected (1999); attempted to change the 1994 constitution to enable him to stand for a third term (1999-2004); failed to change the constitution; was charged of corruption and fraudulence; was arrested briefly (2006); wanted to run for the state presidency elections (2009); retired from active politics (2010))