# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hastings-banda
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:25:40.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hastings-banda"
name: "Hastings Banda"
slug: "hastings-banda"
description: "Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian politician who served as the leader of Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He served as Prime Minister from independence in 1964 to 1966, when Malawi was a Dominion/Commonwealth realm. In 1966, the country became a republic and he became the first president as a result, ruling until his defeat in 1994."
tagline: "First president of Malawi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr_HK_Banda%2C_first_president_of_Malawi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1890"
deathDate: "1997-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump