Malawi's former President Bakili Muluzi continued the pro-Western foreign policy established by former President Hastings Banda.
In March 2003, the then-Malawian President Bakili Muluzi held a rally in Monkey Bay, and promised to help reduce poverty.
In 2002, Malawi experienced heavy flooding, causing President Bakili Muluzi to declare a state of national emergency.
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Upon graduation, he received a number of appointments to national and international financial institutions, including: General Manager of the Reserve Bank of Malawi; Senior Vice President and Acting President of the African Development Bank; Senior Advisor, Director for Africa and Special advisor to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; and Chief Economic Advisor to the former Head of State, Bakili Muluzi.
Around 1992, he joined a clandestine underground group of mainly former Banda protestors including Elson Bakili Muluzi, Aleke Kadonapachi Banda, Edward Bwanali, Finly Dumbo Lemani and journalist Brown Mpinganjira.
Former Malawian President Bakili Muluzi, who headed the Commonwealth of Nations' electoral observer team, said that despite a history of coup d'etats he was assured by the army and police that there would be no intereference.
The First multi-party elections occurred in 1994 which saw the UDF win votes as the first administration under a multi-party system under Bakili Muluzi.
Justin Malewezi, Vice-President of Malawi under Bakili Muluzi, stood as the candidate of the People's Progressive Movement, having been passed over by the ruling party.