Malawi -- Politics and government -- 1964-1994

World factbook online, Oct. 17, 2005 (Malawi: after three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994)
Col. gaz. online, Oct. 17, 2005 (On May 16, 1994 a provisional constitution was adopted by the National Assembly, in advance of elections in which 80% of Malawians freely and peacefully voted for the first time in thirty years for a new president and members of parliament; Bakili Muluzi won a four candidate presidential contest to succeed the 96 year old Kamuzu Banda and become Malawi's second president)