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The EXECUTIVE

The Executive Arm of Government comprises of the Presidency (President and Vice) and Cabinet Ministers and Deputy Ministers. The executive is headed by the state President, who is also the commander-in-chief of the Malawi Defence Force and Malawi Police Service.

The Current President of the Republic of Malawi is His Excellency Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera. Dr Chakwera was elected as the sixth President of the Republic on 23rd June 2020. According to the current government protocol the President is also serving as the Minister of Defence. The current Vice President is Right Honourable Dr Michael Bizwick Usi. Dr Usi was sworn in on 21 June 2024 at Parliament Building in LIlongwe after the death of the late Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima.

The inauguration of the sixth President took place on 6th July 2020 at Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe under the theme building a better Malawi. The inauguration which was set to take place simultaneously with the 56th Independence celebrations was moved to the Army barracks as a precaution to the Covid-19 pandemic. In both the speeches he made at the Swearing In and the Inauguration ceremonies Chakwera has emphasised on a servant leadership style of his Presidency and the need to make a Nation that brings opportunities and hope to all.

Cabinet
The Cabinet of Malawi is the executive branch of the government, made up of the President of Malawi, Vice President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers responsible for the different departments.

The Cabinet List
  • President of the Republic of Malawi, Commander-in-Chief of the Malawi Defence Force, His Excellency Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera.

  • Vice President of the Republic of Malawi and Minister of State for Public Service Delivery, Right Honourable Dr. Michael Bizwick Usi

  • Hon. Simplex Chithyola, M.P: Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs

  • Hon. Eng. Vitumbiko Augeans Zasamula Mumba: Minister of Trade and Industry

  • Hon. Samuel Kawale, M.P: Minister of Agriculture:

  • Hon. Ezekiel Peter Ching’oma, M.P: Minister of Homeland Security

  • Hon. Nancy Tembo, M.P: Minister of Foreign Affairs

  • Hon. Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, M.P: Minister of Health

  • Hon. Richard Chimwendo Banda, M.P: Minister of Local Government, Unity, and Culture

  • Hon. Dr. Jessie Kabwila: Minister of Higher Education

  • Hon. Titus Mvalo: Minister of Justice 

  • Hon. Jean Muonaowauza Sendeza: Minister of Gender

  • Hon. Monica Chang’anamuno, M.P: Minister of Defence

  • Hon. Vera Kamtukule: Minister of Tourism

  • Hon. Abida Sidik Mia, M.P: Minister of Water and Sanitation

  • Hon. Dr. Owen Chomanika, M.P: Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change

  • Hon. Ibrahim Matola: Minister of Energy

  • Hon. Moses Kunkuyu Kalongashawa: Minister of Information and Digitalization

  • Hon. Jacob Hara, M.P: Minister of Transport and Public Works

  • Hon. Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima, M.P: Minister of Basic and Secondary Education

  • Hon. Deus Gumba, M.P: Minister of Lands

  • Hon. Dr. Kenneth Zikhale Ng’oma, M.P: Minister of Mining

  • Hon. Uchizi Mkandawire, M.P: Minister of Youth and Sports

  • Hon. Peter Dimba, M.P: Minister of Labour

Deputy Ministers

  • Hon. Joyce Chitsulo, M.P: Deputy Minister of Local Government, Unity, and Culture

  • Hon. Noah Chimpeni, M.P: Deputy Minister of Health

  • Hon.Baba Steven Malondera M.P: Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works

  • Hon. Benedicto Kaluwa-Adwell Chambo, M.P: Deputy Minister of Agriculture

  • Hon. Patricia Nangozo-Kainga, M.P: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

  • Hon. Halima Alima Daud, M.P: Deputy Minister of Gender

  • Hon. Liana Chapota Munthali, M.P: Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation

    History of the Republic of Malawi Presidency
Malawi became a republic in 1962 with the founding President His Excellency Dr Kamuzu Banda of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as its Prime Minister before he became the first President after full Independency on 6th July 1964.

Dr Banda ruled the Country for 31 years before stepping down in 1994 after conceding electoral defeat to Dr Bakili Muluzi of the United Democratic Front (UDF).

Dr Muluzi became the 2nd President of the republic on 24th May 1994. He ruled the Country for 10 years from 1994 to 2004, at the end of his Consititutional two terms. Professor Bingu Wa Mutharika then of UDF was elected as the third president of the republic.

In 2005 Professor Mutharika damped the UDF and formed his Democratic Progressive Party and was re-elected in 2009. In 2012 Professor Mutharika died of Cardiac arrest and his Vice Dr Joyce Banda took power as mandated by the Constitution. By the time Dr Joyce Banda took power she had already left the DPP and was heading her Peoples Party (PP) which immediately became the ruling Party.

Dr Joyce Banda left power after losing the 2014 election which was won by Professor Peter Mutharika, younger brother to late Bingu and new leader of the DPP.

Professor Mutharika became the 5th President of the republic on 21st may 2014. Professor Mutharika left power on June 26th 2020 after losing the Fresh elections which was sanctioned by the Constitutional Court after it nullified the 2019 elections that had declared him a winner.

The current President Dr Lazarus Chakwera ascended to power on 28 June following  a 58 % majority win of the fresh elections. He is the sixth President of the republic.
 

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