The passing of John Tembo and his obituary have drawn attention from the public. John Zenus Ungapake Tembo was a politician from Malawi who led the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for many years.
Tembo worked as a teacher and is originally from the Dedza District in central Malawi. He began his career as a prominent politician in Malawi in the 1960s and was crucial to Hastings Banda’s government.
Among other things, he has been described as “physically slight, ascetic, fastidious,” and “cunning.” He was replaced as MCP President in August 2013.
With 27% of the vote, Tembo officially placed second as the MCP’s candidate in the May 20, 2004, presidential election, behind only Bingu wa Mutharika, the winner, and ahead of Chakuamba, the Mgwirizano Coalition’s nominee.
Chakuamba extended an offer to Tembo to run as Muluzi’s running partner in the 2009 election, but Tembo declined on August 28, 2007. Tembo indicated that the MCP would not join a coalition, but would conduct its own campaign.
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Death and Obituary of John Tembo: How Did the Malawian Politician Pass Away?
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Since early in the morning, Tembo Jr.’s death has received a lot of attention on social media. He has been receiving treatment at a hospital in Lilongwe for a week, but his family just made the announcement to the public yesterday.
Tembo, 91, was admitted to an undisclosed facility in the capital of the country. John Tembo Jr. informed the neighborhood press that Tembo was admitted to the hospital on Monday of last week for treatment of dehydration and pneumonia.
Tembo also needs foot surgery as a result of his diabetes. John Zenasi Ungapake Tembo served as both the governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi and a cabinet member during the Kamuzu Banda government.
He also served as the parliamentarian for the Dedza South Constituency. After the MCP shifted to opposition in the 2004 and 2009 elections, he led the party to victories. He left politics in 2013. The passing of John Tembo is a great loss to Malawi.
John Tembo’s Childhood and Career
Tembo was born in the Dedza District of the Central Region on September 14, 1932. His father, Zenus Ungapake Tembo, was a minister of the Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP).
He went to many elementary schools before he enrolled at Blantyre Secondary School. He thereafter relocated to Lesotho to study at the University of Roma, where he graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political philosophy.
After a short assignment at Dedza Secondary School, he taught for two years at Robert Blake Secondary School in the Dowa Central region in 1958.
Two years after Dr. Banda came in the country from Ghana to spearhead the independence fight against British colonial authority, Tembo received an invitation to contest for a parliamentary seat in the Dedza South district in 1960.
Tembo was elected to the nation’s legislative assembly in 1961, three years before to Nyasaland’s independence and the creation of the Republic of Malawi.
Following Malawi’s independence, he succeeded Henry Phillips (later Sir Henry Phillips) as the country’s second finance minister. Although Dunduzu Chisiza was the front-runner for the job, he passed away in a vehicle accident in 1962.
John Tembo was the sole member of the government who chose not to quit during the notorious government Crisis of 1964, which saw the opposition of the President’s closest allies to his plans crushed.
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