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Brown Mpinganjira (born 1950) is a Malawian politician. He served as the foreign minister under President Bakili Muluzi from 1999 until 2000. He then broke with Muluzi over the then President's attempt to run for a third term of office, contrary to the constitution. He formed his own party, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). In the 2004 Malawi Presidential Election, Mpinganjira finished in fourth place, receiving only 8.7% of the vote. Mpinganjira later dissolved the NDA and rejoined the United Democratic Front, a party he helped to found. He is said to be confident of winning the nomination as UDF candidate for the 2009 Presidential elections. His nickname B.J.
