Peter William Youens

Sir Peter William Youens, CMG, OBE (April 29 1916 – 6 May 2000) played an important role in the transition of Nyasaland to independence as Malawi in 1964. He was Deputy Chief Secretary of Nyasaland from 1953 to 1963, and secretary to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Malawi from 1963 to 1966, where he enjoyed the confidence of the prime minister Hastings Banda (who became President of Malawi in 1966). After leaving Malawi he was prominent as a director of Lonrho.

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Birth dateApril 29, 1916
Birth namePeter William Youens
Birth place
Brodsworth , South Yorkshire
Date of deathMay 06, 2000
Place of death
London
Education
Wadham College Oxford
Education
King Edward VII School Sheffield

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