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President · Malawi

Bakili Muluzi

101 recorded engagements, 1994–2004: 101 visits and 9 signed agreements.

Open in the interactive map Malawi country profile
101Engagements
101Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
9Signed agreements
31Destination countries
30Multilateral summits
1994–2004Years in LEAD

Biography

President of Malawi from 1994 to 2004

Elson Bakili Muluzi (born 17 March 1943) is a Malawian politician who was President of Malawi from 1994 to 2004. He was also chairman of the United Democratic Front (UDF) until 2009. He succeeded Hastings Kamuzu Banda as Malawi's president. He also served in Banda's cabinet as minister without portfolio, before retiring in 1980.

Muluzi served as a minister in various ministerial portfolios and as secretary general of MCP for years until he was dismissed for abusing MCP party funds.

== Presidency ==

Muluzi was the candidate of the opposition UDF in the May 1994 presidential election, the country's first multiparty election. He won the election with 47% of the vote, defeating Malawi's leader since independence, Hastings Kamuzu Banda. There was no provision for a runoff election in Malawi, so this was enough for him to end Banda's 33-year rule (dating back to when Malawi was still a British colony called Nyasaland).

He was re-elected in June 1999, taking 52.4% of the vote and defeating challenger Gwanda Chakuamba who was the leader of the opposition movement. In 2002 he proposed an amendment to Malawi's constitution that would have allowed him to run for a third term, but this was abandoned...

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Where they travelled

Malawi   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • Mozambique13
  • Tanzania8
  • Zimbabwe7
  • Zambia7
  • South Africa7
  • Botswana6
  • Sudan5
  • Libya5
  • Namibia4
  • Taiwan4
  • Egypt4
  • United States of America3

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations101
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs35
  • Trade and Economic Relations24
  • Development and Aid4

Activity by year

1994: 9 engagements1995: 6 engagements1996: 4 engagements1997: 7 engagements1998: 6 engagements1999: 10 engagements2000: 20 engagements2001: 12 engagements2002: 7 engagements2003: 17 engagements2004: 3 engagements1994199520002004

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
1995-04-19TaiwanHigh-level politics
1996-09-05MalaysiaFunctional cooperation
1997-10-02NamibiaFunctional cooperation
1998-02-14LibyaFunctional cooperation
1999-09-03BurundiFunctional cooperation
2000-08-05NamibiaHigh-level politics
2002-10-01AngolaHigh-level politics
2003-02-27MozambiqueFunctional cooperation
2003-10-09TaiwanHigh-level politics

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1994-05-30 – 1994-05-31VisitZimbabwe · Harare
1994-05-31VisitMozambique · Maputo
1994-06-01VisitBotswana · Gaborone
1994-06-01 – 1994-06-02VisitZambia · Lusaka
1994-08-02VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
1994-08-03VisitNamibia · Windhoek
1994-08-28 – 1994-08-29Visit SummitBotswana · Gaborone
1994-10-05Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
1994-10-24Visit SummitZimbabwe · Harare
1995-03-07VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
1995-04-19 – 1995-04-22VisitTaiwan · TaipeiAgreement signedHigh-level politics
1995-06-06 – 1995-06-07VisitSudan · Khartoum
1995-07-02 – 1995-07-03VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
1995-07-16 – 1995-07-19VisitKuwait · Kuwait City
1995-10-19 – 1995-10-24Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
1996-06-28Visit SummitBotswana · Gaborone
1996-08-29 – 1996-08-31VisitZimbabwe · Harare
1996-09-05 – 1996-09-07VisitMalaysia · Kuala LumpurAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
1996-10-08VisitTaiwan · Taipei
1997-02-25 – 1997-02-27Visit SummitBotswana · Gaborone
1997-04-09 – 1997-04-10Visit SummitZambia · Lusaka
1997-05-03 – 1997-05-07Visit SummitBotswana · Gaborone
1997-08-12 – 1997-08-14VisiteSwatini · Mbabane
1997-10-02 – 1997-10-05VisitNamibia · WindhoekAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
1997-10-19 – 1997-10-21VisitEgypt · Cairo
1997-12-12 – 1997-12-23VisitEgypt · Cairo
1998-02-12 – 1998-02-14VisitVatican · Vatican City
1998-02-14 – 1998-02-17VisitLibya · TripoliAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
1998-03-02Visit SummitMozambique · Maputo
1998-03-18 – 1998-03-19VisitBotswana · Gaborone
1998-06-01 – 1998-06-04VisitSouth Africa · Cape Town
1998-06-23VisitMozambique · Maputo
1999-01-08VisitMozambique · Maputo
1999-01-10 – 1999-01-13VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
1999-02-01 – 1999-02-04VisitLibya · Tripoli
1999-02-02 – 1999-02-09VisitEgypt · Cairo
1999-05-23 – 1999-05-24Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
1999-07-25 – 1999-08-01VisitUnited Kingdom · London
1999-09-03 – 1999-09-05VisitBurundi · BujumburaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
1999-10-02 – 1999-10-04Visit SummitZimbabwe · Harare
Show all 101 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1999-10-21VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
1999-11-29 – 1999-12-04VisitTaiwan · Taipei
2000-01-15VisitMozambique · Maputo
2000-02-18 – 2000-02-19VisitLesotho · Maseru
2000-03-10 – 2000-03-11VisitZambia · Lusaka
2000-03-14Visit SummitMozambique · Maputo
2000-03-27 – 2000-03-29VisitLibya · Tripoli
2000-04-18 – 2000-04-20VisitSudan · Khartoum
2000-04-30 – 2000-05-14VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2000-05-16 – 2000-05-19Visit SummitMauritius · Port Louis
2000-05-30 – 2000-06-03Visit SummitLibya · Sirte
2000-07-09 – 2000-07-13Visit SummitTogo · Lomé
2000-08-05 – 2000-08-08Visit SummitNamibia · WindhoekAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2000-08-14Visit SummitZambia · Lusaka
2000-08-31 – 2000-09-08Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2000-09-09 – 2000-09-17VisitGermany · Berlin
2000-09-09VisitSwitzerland · Geneva
2000-09-21 – 2000-09-22VisitMozambique · Maputo
2000-09-28VisitMozambique · Maputo
2000-10-24 – 2000-10-26VisitKenya · Nairobi
2000-10-30Visit SummitZambia · Lusaka
2000-11-09VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2001-01-23VisitDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa
2001-01-23VisitZambia · Lusaka
2001-02-22 – 2001-02-24VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2001-02-24 – 2001-02-28VisitEgypt · Cairo
2001-03-09Visit SummitNamibia · Windhoek
2001-05-08 – 2001-05-10VisitRwanda · Kigali
2001-08-18 – 2001-08-20Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2001-08-27 – 2001-08-28VisitMozambique · Maputo
2001-09-10 – 2001-09-12Visit SummitZimbabwe · Harare
2001-10-25 – 2001-10-26VisitAngola · Luanda
2001-11-01VisitBurundi · Bujumbura
2001-11-16 – 2001-11-18VisitMozambique · Maputo
2002-01-27 – 2002-01-29VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2002-02-17VisitMozambique · Maputo
2002-02-25 – 2002-02-27VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2002-03-16 – 2002-03-17VisitZimbabwe · Harare
2002-06-05 – 2002-06-07Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2002-07-30 – 2002-07-31VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2002-10-01 – 2002-10-03Visit SummitAngola · LuandaAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2003-02-02 – 2003-02-03Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2003-02-27 – 2003-02-28VisitMozambique · MaputoAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2003-03-16 – 2003-03-18Visit SummitSudan · Khartoum
2003-04-20 – 2003-04-22VisitLibya · Tripoli
2003-04-20VisitSudan · Khartoum
2003-04-22VisitSudan · Khartoum
2003-05-05 – 2003-05-08VisitZimbabwe · Harare
2003-05-17VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2003-06-17VisitUganda · Kampala
2003-06-30 – 2003-07-03VisitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2003-08-13 – 2003-08-16Visit SummiteSwatini · Mbabane
2003-08-24 – 2003-08-26Visit SummitTanzania · Dar es Salaam
2003-09-11 – 2003-09-12VisitRwanda · Kigali
2003-09-27 – 2003-10-09Visit SummitJapan · Tokyo
2003-10-09 – 2003-10-13VisitTaiwan · TaipeiAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2003-12-04VisitDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa
2003-12-04 – 2003-12-07Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2004-03-31 – 2004-04-02VisitMozambique · Maputo
2004-04-11 – 2004-04-12VisitZambia · Lusaka
2004-04-27VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Bakili Muluzi leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/bakili-muluzi.html]