Liana Chapota | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation of Malawi | |
| Assumed office January 31, 2023 | |
| President | Lazarus Chakwera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lilongwe |
| Political party | Malawi Congress Party |
Liana Kakhobwe Chapota is a Malawian politician and educator. She became the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation in Malawi in 2023. She lost her seat in the 2025 Malawian general election. [1]
Chapota was born in the capital city of Lilongwe [2] and she was elected by the voters in the Lilongwe Msozi South constituency in 2019. She was in the Malawi Party. [3]
She was a member of the Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus and in 2019 she and Lonnie Phiri came to Scotland for a week to meet Scottish parliamentarians. [4] Phiri chaired and she attended a fringe meeting on 15 October at the 2019 Scottish National Party's annual conference. [5]
She became the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation in Malawi, [6] having been appointed by the president of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera. Her term began on January 31,2023. [7] [8] Access to safe water and sanitation is a challenge in Malawi but she was able to report several improvements. [9] Tree planting was in progress in the areas where rainwater is capture with a target in 2023 of creating 400,000 tree seedlings. [10]
She stood in the 2025 Malawian general election to represent the Salima Central West constituency and lost her seat. [1]
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