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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Malawi is a cabinet minister in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malawi, responsible for conducting foreign relations of the country.
The following is a list of foreign ministers of Malawi since its founding in 1964: [1]
No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Portrait | Tenure |
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1 | Kanyama Chiume (1929–2007) | 1964 | |
2 | Hastings Banda (1898 [2] –1997) | 1964–1993 | |
3 | Hetherwick Ntaba (b. 1943) | 1993–1994 | |
4 | Edward Bwanali (1946–1998) | 1994–1996 | |
5 | George Ntafu (1942–2015) | 1996–1997 | |
6 | Mapopa Chipeta | 1997–1999 | |
7 | Brown Mpinganjira (b. 1950) | 1999–2000 | |
8 | Lilian Patel (b. 1951) | 2000–2004 | |
9 | George Chaponda (b. 1942) | 2004–2005 | |
10 | Davis Katsonga (b. 1955) | 2005–2006 | |
11 | Joyce Banda (b. 1950) | 2006–2009 | |
12 | Etta Banda (b. 1949) | 2009–2011 | |
13 | Bingu wa Mutharika (1934–2012) | 2011 | |
14 | Peter Mutharika (b. 1940) | 2011–2012 | |
15 | Ephraim Chiume (b. 1953) | 2012–2014 | |
(9) | George Chaponda (b. 1942) | 2014–2016 | |
16 | Francis Kasaila (b. 1968) | 2016–2017 | |
17 | Emmanuel Fabiano | 2017–2019 | |
18 | Francis Kasaila | 2019–2020 | |
19 | Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka | 2020–2022 | |
20 | Nancy Tembo | 2022–present |
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