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Malawian Vice President Chilima and 9 others on the same plane lost their lives as a result of the plane crash. The wreckage of the military aircraft carrying the 51-year-old Chilima was found in a mountainous region in the north of the country after search efforts that lasted more than a day.
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Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera stated in a speech broadcast live on state television that there were no survivors of the crash. Former First Lady Shanil Dzimbiri was also on board the plane.
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Furthermore, Malawian Vice President Chilima became the 23rd head of state to lose their life in an aviation accident.
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Here are the heads of state who lost their lives in aviation accidents:
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December 9, 1936 - Arvid Lindman - Prime Minister of Sweden - plane crash
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September 7, 1940 - Jose Felix Estigarribia - President of Paraguay - plane crash
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July 4, 1943 - Wladyslaw Sikorski - Leader of the Polish government-in-exile - plane crash
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June 16, 1958 - Nereu Ramos - Acting President of Brazil - plane crash
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March 29, 1959 - Barthelemy Boganda - President of the Central African Republic - plane crash
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September 18, 1961 - Dag Hammarskjold - UN Secretary-General - plane crash
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May 14, 1966 - Abdul Salam Arif - President of Iraq - Helicopter crash
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April 27, 1969 - Rene Barrientos - President of Bolivia - helicopter crash
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January 18, 1977 - Dzemal Bijedic - Prime Minister of Yugoslavia - plane crash
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May 27, 1979 - Ahmed Ould Bouceif - Prime Minister of Mauritania - plane crash
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December 4, 1980 - Francisco Carneiro - Prime Minister of Portugal - plane crash
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May 24, 1981 - Jaime Roldos Aguilera - President of Ecuador - plane crash
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August 1, 1981- Omar Torrijos- President of Panama- plane crash
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October 19, 1986 - Samora Machel - President of Mozambique - plane crash
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June 1, 1987 - Rashid Karami - Prime Minister of Lebanon - helicopter crash
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August 17, 1988 - Zia-ul-Haq - President of Pakistan - plane crash
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April 6, 1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi, and Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda, died in a plane crash (in the same incident).
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April 6, 1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi, and Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda, died in a plane crash (in the same incident).
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February 26, 2004 - Boris Trajkovski - President of North Macedonia - plane crash
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April 10, 2010 - Lech Kaczynski - President of Poland - plane crash
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February 5, 2024 Sebastian Pinera - President of Chile - helicopter crash
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May 19, 2024- Ebrahim Raisi- President of Iran- helicopter crash
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In 1959, the plane carrying Turkey's 9th Prime Minister, the late Adnan Menderes, crashed in a village in London, the capital of England, where he had traveled for Cyprus negotiations. Menderes survived the crash with minor injuries.
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