Annie Chidzira Muluzi
{{Short description|First lady of Malawi (1952–2021)}}
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|office = First Lady of Malawi
|term_label = In role
|term_start = 24 May 1994
|term_end = 1999
|president = Bakili Muluzi
|predecessor = Cecilia Kadzamira
|successor = Patricia Shanil Muluzi|
|birth_date = {{birth date|1952|3|18|df=y}}
|birth_place = Nyasaland
|birthname = Annie Chidzira Muluzi
|death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|28|1952|3|18|df=y}}
|death_place = Nairobi, Kenya
|nationality = Malawian
|party = United Democratic Front (Malawi)
|spouse = Bakili Muluzi (?–1999; divorced)
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|children = Atupele Muluzi
Esme Atweni Muluzi Malisita (deceased)
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Annie Chidzira Muluzi (18 March 1952 – 28 December 2021){{cite news|url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/annie-muluzi-eulogized-as-down-to-earth-hardworking-first-lady/|title=Annie Muluzi eulogize as down-to-earth, hardworking First Lady|work=Nyasa Times|date=2022-01-06|access-date=2022-01-11}} was First Lady of Malawi and then-wife of Bakili Muluzi.{{cite web|author=Country: Malawi |url=http://www.genderlinks.org.za/article/letter-to-anne-muluzi-the-silent-achiever---malawi-news-2004-05-08 |title=Letter to Anne Muluzi, the silent achiever - Malawi News |publisher=Genderlinks.org.za |access-date=2011-10-05}} As first lady she was the founder of the Freedom Foundation Trust. She died on 28 December 2021 in Nairobi Kenya.{{cite web|url=http://www.malawivoice.com/latest-news/atupele-muluzi-says-his-father-doesn%E2%80%99t-influence-his-political-decisions-comments-on-his-mother%E2%80%99s-return/ |title=Atupele Muluzi Says His Father Doesn't Influence His Political Decisions: Comments On His Mother's Return |publisher=Malawi Voice |access-date=2011-10-05 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Personal life and death
Muluzi had two children from her marriage with Bakili Muluzi, namely Austin Atupele Muluzi{{cite web |title=Malawians mourn ex-First Lady Anne Chidzira Muluzi |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59821159 |website=BBC News |access-date=26 October 2022}} and Esmie Atweni Muluzi Malisita. The couple lived in a polygamous marriage arrangement as practiced by Islamic custom and Muluzi was also married to Patricia Shanil Muluzi from 1989.{{cite web |author=Mystery over a state of Muluzi marriage |url=http://www.lilongwetimes.com/general/human-interest/388-mystery-over-a-state-of-muluzi-marriage |title=Mystery over a state of Muluzi marriage |publisher=Lilongwetimes.com |date=2010-07-31 |access-date=2011-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320235940/http://www.lilongwetimes.com/general/human-interest/388-mystery-over-a-state-of-muluzi-marriage |archive-date=2012-03-20 |url-status=dead }} On 15 March 1999, Muluzi announced officially the separation from her after 30 years of marriage. He then remarried Patricia Shanil Muluzi in a formal ceremony to mark her new position as the official first lady. Up until their separation in March 1999, Muluzi lived with Anne in the State House in Blantyre.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/World-Leaders-2003/Malawi-PERSONAL-BACKGROUND.html |title=Personal background - Malawi |publisher=Nationsencyclopedia.com |access-date=2011-10-05}} Muluzi's second wife, Patricia Muluzi, resided at another of Muluzi's official residences in the former colonial capital of Zomba.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/World-Leaders-2003/Malawi-PERSONAL-BACKGROUND.html#ixzz1Xat7W3Lu |title=Personal background - Malawi |publisher=Nationsencyclopedia.com |access-date=2011-10-05}}
Her first born daughter, Esme Atweni Muluzi Malisita, died after lightning struck her on December 12, 2016. She was pronounced dead at Mwaiwathu Private Hospital.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/muluzis-daughter-killed-lightning-strike-malawi-ex-president-left-devastated/|title=Muluzi's daughter killed by lightning strike: Malawi ex-president left 'devastated'}} Annie Muluzi died from cancer on 28 December 2021.{{cite news |last1=Mkumba |first1=Baxter |title=Former Malawi First Lady Anne Muluzi no more: Tributes pour in |url=https://malawi24.com/2021/12/29/former-malawi-first-lady-anne-muluzi-no-more-tributes-pour-in/ |access-date=29 December 2021 |publisher=Malawi 24 |date=29 December 2021}}
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Category:First ladies and gentlemen of Malawi