Malawi becomes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic">republic</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Banda" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hastings Banda">Hastings Banda</a> as its first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Malawi" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of Malawi">President</a>.