Chakufwa Chihana was a Malawian trade unionist and politician. He was born in Kawiluwilu, Malawi, on 23 April 1939 and died in Johannesburg, South Africa on 12 June 2006, aged 67. April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johannesburgs skyline as seen from the observation deck of the Carlton Centre. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Chihana was a dissident during the rule of President Kamuzu Banda and consequently spent much of the 1970s and 1980s either in detention or in exile. Hastings Kamuzu Banda (ca. ...

He was instrumental in Banda's agreement to a referendum (on 17 June 1993) in which one-party rule was decisively rejected. In the ensuing general election Banda's party (MCP, Malawi Congress Party) lost power to Bakili Muluzi's United Democratic Front (UDF), with Chihana's new political party, the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), placed third. June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Malawi Congress Party is a political party in Malawi, mainly strong in the central region populated by ethnic Chewa and Nyanja. ... Elson Bakili Muluzi (born March 17, 1943) was the president of Malawi from 1994 until 2004. ... The United Democratic Front claims to be a liberal party in Malawi and is mainly strong in the southern region populated by ethnic Yao. ... The Alliance for Democracy is a political party in Malawi, mainly strong in the northern region populated by ethnic Tumbuka. ...

Chihana served two terms as vice-president (from 1994-6 and in 2003-4) to President Muluzi.

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