Chakufwa Chihana (23 April 1939 – 12 June 2006) was a Malawian trade unionist and politician. Chihana was born in Kawiluwilu, Malawi. He was a dissident during the rule of President Hastings Banda and consequently spent much of the 1970s and 1980s either in detention or in exile. He was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1992. He was instrumental in Banda's agreement to a referendum, held on 17 June 1993, in which one-party rule was decisively rejected.

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  • Chakufwa Chihana (23 April 1939 – 12 June 2006) was a Malawian trade unionist and politician. Chihana was born in Kawiluwilu, Malawi. He was a dissident during the rule of President Hastings Banda and consequently spent much of the 1970s and 1980s either in detention or in exile. He was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1992. He was instrumental in Banda's agreement to a referendum, held on 17 June 1993, in which one-party rule was decisively rejected. In the ensuing general election Banda's party, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), lost power to Bakili Muluzi's United Democratic Front (UDF), with Chihana's new political party, the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), placed third. Chihana served as Vice-President under President Muluzi from 1994 to 1996 and again from 2003 to 2004. He died in Johannesburg, South Africa on 12 June 2006.
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  • Chakufwa Chihana (23 April 1939 – 12 June 2006) was a Malawian trade unionist and politician. Chihana was born in Kawiluwilu, Malawi. He was a dissident during the rule of President Hastings Banda and consequently spent much of the 1970s and 1980s either in detention or in exile. He was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in 1992. He was instrumental in Banda's agreement to a referendum, held on 17 June 1993, in which one-party rule was decisively rejected.
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  • Chakufwa Chihana
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