List of heads of state of Malawi

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President of the
Republic of Malawi
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Presidential flag
Joyce Banda August 2012.jpg
Incumbent
Joyce Banda

since 7 April 2012
Term length Five years
Inaugural holder Hastings Banda
Formation 6 July 1966
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Heads of State of Malawi (1964-Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
Malawi (commonwealth realm)
6 July 1964 to 6 July 1966 Elizabeth II greets NASA GSFC employees, May 8, 2007 edit.jpg Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Malawi
represented by:-
    6 July 1964 to 6 July 1966    Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones, Governor-General
Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
The Republic of Malawi
6 July 1966 to 21 May 1994 Hastings Kamuzu Banda-Denkmal Lilongwe.jpg Hastings Banda, President1 MCP
21 May 1994 to 24 May 2004 Bakili Muluzi, President UDF
24 May 2004 to 5 April 2012 Mutharika at Met.jpg Bingu wa Mutharika, President UDF/DPP Died in office
7 April 2012 to Present Joyce Banda August 2012.jpg Joyce Banda, President PP

Affiliations

Latest election

e • d Summary of the 19 May 2009 Malawian presidential election results
Candidates Parties Votes %
Bingu wa Mutharika Democratic Progressive Party 2,946,103 65.98
John Tembo Malawi Congress Party 1,370,044 30.69
Kamuzu Chibambo People's Transformation Party 35,167 0.79
Stanley Masauli Republican Party 33,887 0.76
Loveness Gondwe New Rainbow Coalition 32,160 0.72
James Mbowe Nyondo independent 27,328 0.61
Dindi Gowa Nyasulu Alliance for Democracy 20,151 0.45
Total (turnout %) 4,464,840 100.00
Source: mec.org.mw

See also

References

  1. ^ In 1971, the National Assembly of Malawi declared Banda President for Life. His official title was His Excellency the Life President of the Republic of Malaŵi, Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda. The title Ngwazi means "chief of chiefs" (more literally, "great lion", or, some would say, "conqueror") in Chicheŵa language. Banda was stripped of these titles in 1993.

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