Olipa Chimangeni | |
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Nationality | Malawian |
Occupation | Malawian politician |
Political party | Malawi Congress Party |
Olipa Chimangeni is a Malawian politician and a member of the Malawi Congress Party. She served as a member of the Malawian parliament for Ntchisi North East [1] [2] from May 2014. [3]
Chimangeni was elected in 2019 where she was one of 45 women elected to a parliament with 193 seats. There had been a campaign to get 50% but this was unsuccessful [4]
Chimangeni became a member of the Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus and in 2023 she, Roseby Gadama and Bertha Ndebele met members of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe where funding and priorities were discussed with the hospital Director Johnthan Ngoma and the Deputy Director, Mable Chinkhata. [5]
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