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Bingu wa Mutharika was born on February 24, 1934, in Thyolo District, Nyasaland (present-day Malawi). Mutharika was a Malawian economist and politician who served as the third president of Malawi from 2004 until his death in 2012. He was a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) party and was elected president in the 2004 general elections.