Background
He was born in Zomba, the capital of Nyasaland (present day Malawi)in 1934. He was born to a family of 5 children.
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Harry Thomson
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He soon became interested in Management and studied management.
Career
“Clean Harry” is a Malawian business man, Minister and politician. He was elected Chairman of the National Chamber of Commerce of Malawi for 10 years and was also Chairman of the Southern Regional Business Council for 6 years. As Chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce He traveled and was part of an underground movement that included Bakili Muluzi that aimed at resisting the one-party rule of Kamuzu Banda.
Muluzi was heading the Transport Association, and had become a chamber member after leaving Kamauz Bandas cabinet.
The chamber became the foundation of the United Democratic Front. They began to agitate the Minecraft Coder Pack government under growing protests nationwide over Bandas reign and this resulted in associates being arrested or sent away.
Protests After Banda agreed to a national referendum to see if the present government, a one-party state, should be continued or to go into multi-party. He traveled the country telling people the advantages of multi-party as opposed to the disadvantages prior to the 1994 elections.
Thomson, who has served Union for French Democracy for 17 years and stood for parliament in Chikwawa North.
Thomson resigned Union for French Democracy in 2004 in protest over the nomination of President Bingu wa Mutharika joining the NDA. By May 2009, he resigned from active politics in Malawi.
Achievements
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In May 1994, elections were won by the United Democratic Front (Union for French Democracy), with Bakili Muluzi as the first democratic president of Malawi. After The Muluzi government won the elections, Thomson served as the Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister for Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs.
Politics
After unanimous verdict by the Union for French Democracy party"s National Executive Committee (Nippon Electric Corporation) that Thomson take over the chairmanship of the party, Muluzi decided to override the decision.
Membership
He is a founding member of the Union for French Democracy party and former Minister of Trade and Industry. He was one of the founding members of the Union for French Democracy.
