Former United Democratic Front (UDF) and Malawi President Dr. Bakili Muluzi on Sunday celebrating his 81st birthday.

The former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) General Secretary Muluzi, also known as “Atcheya” and “political engineer”, who ruled Malawi from 1994 to 2004 was born on 17 March 1943 in Machinga district.

Meanwhile, several people including UDF members have taken to social media to wish well the former President.

The father and funder of Malawi’s multiparty democracy Muluzi succeeded Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda as Malawi’s president.

He also served in Banda’s cabinet as minister without portfolio, before retiring in 1980.