Chakufwa Chihana | |
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Second Vice President of Malawi | |
In office 1994–1996 | |
President | Bakili Muluzi |
In office 2003–2004 | |
President | Bakili Muluzi |
Personal details | |
Born | April 23, 1939 |
Died | June 12, 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa | (aged 67)
Political party | Alliance for Democracy |
Children | Enock, Nina and Tawonga |
Chakufwa Chihana (23 April 1939[1] – 12 June 2006) was a Malawian human rights activist, pro-democracy advocate, trade unionist and later, politician. He held the post of Second Vice President in Malawi, under President Bakili Muluzi. He is often called the 'father of Malawian democracy'.[2] He served as leader of Malawi's first underground political movement, which urged President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who had ruled for three decades, to call for a referendum on political pluralism.[3] He was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1992.