Bakili Muluzi

Elson Bakili Muluzi ( born March 17, 1943 in Mach Inga ) was the President of Malawi from 1994 to 2004.

He was elected as the successor of longtime ruler Hastings Kamuzu Banda in May 1994 and re-elected in 1999. In 2002, he proposed a constitutional amendment before, which would have allowed him to run for a third term, but gave in to protests the idea again. After the elections in May 2004, so he stepped from his office to Bingu wa Mutharika, who also. For his party, the United Democratic Front had (UDF) candidate, Nevertheless, he is still the chairman of the UDF, but left his successor after an altercation with him.

Muluzi as president was marred by controversies and scandals. Specifically, this applies to the sale of Malawi's grain reserves to other countries shortly before the onset of a drought, which had a great famine result. Despite great international pressure, the millions of dollars were not found from the sale of food reserves and it is suspected that the money has come to a foreign account Muluzi or one of his followers.

Muluzi can be found high on the list of the richest personalities of Africa, although the country in which he reigned from 1994 to 2004, is one of the poorest countries in Africa. He belongs to the Muslim minority in the country - the Wayao ( Yao ) - and was a close friend of the Libyan leader Muammar al - Gaddafi.

Hastings Kamuzu Banda | Bakili Muluzi | Bingu wa Mutharika | Joyce Banda

• President ( Malawi)
• Malawians
• Born in 1943
• Man