Minister of Foreign Affairs (Malawi)

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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)
PortraitTenure
1 Kanyama Chiume
(1929–2007)
Kanyama Chiume (cropped).jpg 1964
2 Hastings Banda
(1898 [2] –1997)
Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg 1964–1993
3 Hetherwick Ntaba
(b. 1943)
No image.png 1993–1994
4 Edward Bwanali
(1946–1998)
No image.png 1994–1996
5 George Ntafu
(1942–2015)
No image.png 1996–1997
6 Mapopa Chipeta Mapopa O.J. Chipeta (cropped).jpg 1997–1999
7 Brown Mpinganjira
(b. 1950)
Brown Mpinganjira 2013 (cropped).jpg 1999–2000
8 Lilian Patel
(b. 1951)
No image.png 2000–2004
9 George Chaponda
(b. 1942)
George Chaponda 2016 (cropped).jpg 2004–2005
10 Davis Katsonga
(b. 1955)
Davis Katsonga 2006 (profile).jpg 2005–2006
11 Joyce Banda
(b. 1950)
Joyce Banda August 2012.jpg 2006–2009
12 Etta Banda
(b. 1949)
Hon. Etta Banda speech (cropped).jpg 2009–2011
13 Bingu wa Mutharika
(1934–2012)
Mutharika at Met.jpg 2011
14 Peter Mutharika
(b. 1940)
Peter Mutharika 2011 (cropped).jpg 2011–2012
15 Ephraim Chiume
(b. 1953)
Ephraim Mganda Chiume - 2014 (cropped).jpg 2012–2014
(9) George Chaponda
(b. 1942)
George Chaponda 2016 (cropped).jpg 2014–2016
16 Francis Kasaila
(b. 1968)
Francis Kasaila 2018 (cropped).jpg 2016–2017
17 Emmanuel Fabiano
Ministerial Roundtable LDCs and Business Executive (30597140897).jpg 2017–2019
18 Francis Kasaila
Francis Kasaila 2018 (cropped).jpg 2019–2020
19 Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka
Hon E. Mkaka.jpg 2020–2022
20 Nancy Tembo
Nancy Tembo UNFCCC Glasgow Climate Dialogues event 01.jpg 2022–present

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References

  1. "Foreign ministers L-R". rulers.org. B. Schemmel. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. Brief biography: Dr Hastings Banda