326:(UDF) under the tutelage of Bakili Muluzi, and dislodged Banda's Malawi Congress Party (MCP) from its 30-year hold on power, in Malawi's first multiparty elections in 1994. Malewezi was President Muluzi's deputy from 1994 to 2004. Having been sidelined by the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) as the party's presidential candidate, Malewezi decided to quit the party on January 1, 2004. Malewezi was one of the high-profile figures of the United Democratic Front (UDF) to announce their resignation and openly criticise the party's Chairman for handpicking
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of seven opposition parties fighting to oust the Muluzi administration during the forthcoming general elections but the coalition chose veteran politician
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285:Hastings Kamuzu Banda
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445:"Dr Justin Malewezi"
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241:Columbia University
185:Malawian politician
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328:Bingu wa Mutharika
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278:Career in politics
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