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Hastings Banda

1898 - 1997

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Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1906 – 25 November 1997) was 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hastings Banda has received more than 817,757 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Hastings Banda is the 6,551st most popular politician (down from 4,999th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Malawi (down from 1st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Malawian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hastings Banda ranks 6,551 out of 15,577Before him are Jacques Cathelineau, Chen Cheng, Ishme-Dagan I, Emperor Kazan, Bagrat IV of Georgia, and Roger III of Sicily. After him are Henry L. Stimson, Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Kubaba, Ratchis, and Marquess of Beixiang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hastings Banda ranks 81Before him are Leopold Infeld, Jean Borotra, Katarzyna Kobro, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Luigi Fagioli, and Hans Globke. After him are Emil Artin, Karl Mauss, Alberto Suppici, Grace Moore, Berenice Abbott, and Piero Sraffa. Among people deceased in 1997, Hastings Banda ranks 80Before him are Ernst Wilimowski, Giuseppe De Santis, Manfred von Ardenne, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Samuel Fuller, and Gunpei Yokoi. After him are François Furet, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Andrew Cunanan, Walter Gotell, Bo Widerberg, and Jean Françaix.

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In Malawi

Among people born in Malawi, Hastings Banda ranks 3 out of 15Before him are Bingu wa Mutharika (1934) and Lazarus Chakwera (1955). After him are Peter Mutharika (1940), Joyce Banda (1950), Bakili Muluzi (1941), Abeid Karume (1905), Michelle Paver (1960), Theresa Kachindamoto (1950), Anthea Stewart (1944), William Kamkwamba (1987), and Russell Mwafulirwa (1983).

Among POLITICIANS In Malawi

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