# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chakufwa-chihana
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:13:43.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chakufwa-chihana"
name: "Chakufwa Chihana"
slug: "chakufwa-chihana"
description: "Chakufwa Tom Chihana 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'. 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. He was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1992."
tagline: "Malawian pro-democracy activist, trade unionist and politician (1939-2006)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1939-04-23"
deathDate: "2006-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.209936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakufwa_Chihana"
    title: "Chakufwa Chihana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakufwa_Chihana"
    title: "Chakufwa Chihana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakufwa_Chihana"
    title: "Chakufwa Chihana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakufwa_Chihana"
    title: "Chakufwa Chihana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakufwa_Chihana"
    title: "Chakufwa Chihana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%95%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8A"
    title: "チャクフワ・チハナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakufwa_Chihana"
    title: "Chakufwa Chihana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%84%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Чихана, Чакуфва"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5068443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump