Worldwide
Guide to Women in Leadership
Republic of
Malawi/Dziko La Malawwi (Female Suffrage 1960) Independent Formerly the British
Colony of Nyasaland, 1963 internal self government, 1964-66 independent
monarchy, 1996 a republic
Also see Malawi Parliament
1964-66 Elizabeth the second,
by the Grace of God, Queen of Malawi and of Her other Realms and
Territories, Head of the Commonwealth (06.07-06.07)
Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1952
1966-74? Parliamentary Secretary to the President Jean M. Mlanga
1971-75 Parliamentary Secretary of Health Edda E. Chitalo
1994-96 Minister of State for Women's and Children’s Affairs
1996 Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare
1996-97 Minister of Physical Planning and Surveys
1997-2003 Minister of State in the Office of the President and in the Cabinet
responsible for Human Resources Management and Development
1971-75 Parliamentary
Secretary of Community Development and Social Welfare E.F. Mtika
1971-75 Parliamentary
Secretary of Agriculture B.A. Chirwa
1975-80 Minister of
Community Development and Social Welfare Fern Favere Najere Sadyalunda
(Third in Cabinet)
1992-94 Minister of
Education and Culture Kate Kainja-Kaluluma
2005-06 Minister of Education and Human Resources
2006-10 Minister of Women and Child Development
1992-94 Deputy Minister of
Labour, Women's and Children’s Affairs and Community Development Nellie Nsevla
1994-98 Minister of
Education, Science and Technology Catherine Chipembere
1994-98 Deputy Minister of
Health L. Lossa
1996-99 Minister of Women's
and Children's' Affairs, Community Development and Social Welfare
1999-2000 Minister of Health and Population
2000-04 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation
2004-05
Minister of Labour and
Vocational Training
Lillian E.
Patel
1998-99 Deputy Minister of
Health and Population Chenda Mkandawine
1998-99 Deputy Minister of
Transport and Civil Aviation Alice Sumani
1999-2000 Deputy Minister of Natural Resources
2000-2001 Minister of State of Statutory Corporations
2001-03 Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for the Poverty
Alleviation Programs
2003-04 Minister of Gender and Community Services
1999-2000 Minister of
Women's and Children's' Affairs, Community Development Mary KaPhwereza Banda
2003-04 Minister of State in the President's Office Responsible for HIV/AIDS
Programmes
1999-2000 Deputy Minister
of Agriculture Lyana Lexa Tambala
2000-03 Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security
2003-04 Deputy
Minister of Education, Science and Technology
2000-03 Deputy Minister
of Health Patricia Kaliati
2003-04 Deputy Minister in the President's Office Responsible for National Public
Events
2005-09 Minister of Information and Tourism
2011-13 Minister of Information and Civic
Education
2016- Minister of
Civic Education, Culture and Community Development
(b. 1968-).
2000-03
Deputy Minister
of Housing Marta Nasho
2003-04 Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
2003-04 Minister of State in the President's Office Responsible for Persons with Disabilities Susan Chitimbe
2003-04 Deputy Minister of Health and Population Elizabeth Lamba
2004-06 Minister of Women, Child Welfare and
Community Service Joyce Banda
2006-09 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2009-12
Vice-President
2012-14 President
Founder and leader of the People's Party in 2011 after she
fell out with the President who did not include her in the Cabinet, though she
remains Vice-President according the the constitution and as such she took over
as head of state after the death of her predecessor
2004-05 Minister of Mines, Natural Resources and
Environment Eunice Kazemba
2009-13 Minister of Trade and Industry
2013-14
Minister in the Office of the
President and Cabinet Responsible for Good Governance
2004-05
Deputy Minister of Education and Human Resources
Anna Kachikho
2005-06 Minister of Home Affairs and
Internal Security
2006-07 Minister of Education
2007-08 Minister of Labour
2008-09 Minister
of Women and Child Development
2009-11 Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and
Culture
Her full name is Anna Andrew Namathanga Kachikho
2005 Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and
Internal Security Marjorie Ngaunje
2005-06 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
2006-09 Minister of Health
2005 Deputy Minister of Agriculture,
Irrigation and Food Security Elizabeth Aipira
2005-06 Deputy Minister of Statutory Corporations and Civil Service
2006-07 Minister of State for Statutory Corporations and Civil Service
She lived (1959-2007).
2006-07 Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development
Callista
Chapola-Chimbombo
2007-09
Minister of
Tourism, Wildlife and Culture
2011-13 National Coordinator, Maternal Infant and Child Health,
HIV/Nutrition/Malaria and tuberculosis
A widow when she married President Bingu wa Mutharika (1934-2004-2012).
2007-09 Deputy Minister of Education responsible for Primary Education Olive Masanza
2008-09 Deputy Minister of Women and Child Development Patricia Mwafulirwa
2009-11 Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor Etta Elizabeth
Banda
2009-11 Minister of Persons with
Disabilities and the Elderly Rene Bessie Kachere
2011-13 Minister of Gender,
Child and Community Development
2009-13 Deputy Minister of
Agriculture and Food Security Margaret Roka Mauwa
2009-13 Deputy Minister
of Higher Education, Science and Technology Otria Moyo Jere
2009-10 Deputy
Minister of Health Theresa Gloria Mwale
2010-11 Minister of Gender,
Child and Community Development
2009-14 Deputy Minister of Home
Affairs and Internal Security Annie Lemani
2009-11 Deputy Minister of
Gender, Child Development and Community Development Catherine Gotani Hara
2011-13 Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Infrastructure
2013-14
Minister of Health
2011-13 Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalilani
2011-13 Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Vera Faramenga Chilewani
2011-13 Deputy Minister of Gender, Child Development and Community Development Nasrin Pillane
2013-14
Minister of Water Development and Irrigation Anita Kalinde
2013-14
Minister of Environment and
Climate Change Management Halima Daud
2013-14 Minister of Labour Grace Maseko
2013-14
Minister of Local Government
and Rural Development Rachel Patience Mazombwe Zulu
2013-14 Minister
of Gender, Children and Social Welfare Mary Clara Makungwa
2013-14
Minister of Disability and
Elderly Affairs Rachel Kachaje
2013-14
Deputy Minister of Education
Agnes Mandevu Chatipwa
Also Secretary General
of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
2014-16
Minister of
Youth, Sports and Culture Grace Chiumia
2016- Minister of Home Affairs
and Internal Security
Last change 11.09.2016