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What political party did Banda represent?

  • United Party of Malawi

  • Malawi Congress Party

  • Democratic Party of Malawi

  • Labour Party of Malawi

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Hastings Kamuzu Banda represented the Malawi Congress Party, which he had founded in 1959. The party was the first political party in Malawi to be formed by Africans, and it quickly became the most popular party in the country. Banda led the party to victory in the first general election in Malawi in 1961, and he became the first Prime Minister of Malawi.
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