Ephraim Mganda Chiume (born 1953) is a politician who was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in April 2012 in the cabinet of Malawi (until 2014). [1] He was formerly Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, and then served as Minister of Justice (2011 to 2012). [2]
Chiume was born in 1953. He obtained a BSc Degree in Quantity Surveying in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in the UK, and the Surveyors Institute of Malawi. He worked for Brendan Penny Associates, Bristol in the UK, and Peter Richards & Partners in Zambia, Botswana and Malawi. Chiume established his own consultancy of Chartered Quantity Surveyors in Lilongwe. [2]
Chiume joined the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and became the party's Administrative Secretary. From 2008, he was a member of the DPP Governing Council. On 19 May 2009, Chiume was elected Member of Parliament for Nkhata bay North Constituency on the DPP ticket. [2] He was appointed Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Energy in the cabinet that became effective on 15 June 2009. [3] Chiume was confirmed as Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment in the reshuffle announced on 9 August 2010. [4]
In 2018 he was there as the local MP when TX Chipunga Community Secondary School was begun. The boarding school would allow girls in Chipinga to avoid a 30 km round trip to access secondary education. The school was built on land donated by the community and a $100,000 grant. [5] The first students were at the school in 2019 and the first set graduated in 2023. [6]