Richard Msowoya | |
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7th Speaker of the National Assembly | |
In office 16 June 2014 –19 June 2019 | |
Preceded by | Chimunthu Banda |
Succeeded by | Catherine Gotani Hara |
Member of the National Assembly | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Preceded by | Khwauli Msiska |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Ndovie |
Constituency | Karonga Nyungwe |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 August 1962 |
Political party | Malawi Congress (before 2018) United Transformation Movement (since 2018) |
Richard Msowoya (born 28 August 1962) is a Malawian politician who served as the 7th Speaker of the National Assembly and in the assembly for the Karonga Nyungwe constituency from 2014 to 2019. He was a member of the Malawi Congress Party and United Transformation Movement. He was Lazarus Chakwera's vice presidential running mate in the 2014 election
Richard Msowoya was born on 28 August 1962. [1] He graduated with a master's degree in supply chain management. [2]
Msowoya served as Deputy Minister of Education,Minister of State,and Minister of Transport. Msowoya became vice president of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). [2]
Msowoya was Lazarus Chakwera's vice presidential running mate in the 2014 election. [2] [3] During the campaign he participated in the first televised vice presidential debate in Malawi's history. [4]
In the 2009 election Msowoya ran in the Karonga Nyungwe constituency as an independent candidate and lost to Khwauli Msiska. [5] He defeated Msiska in the 2014 election as the nominee of the MCP. [6]
Msowoya defeated Francis Kasaila,a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),to become the 7th Speaker by a vote of 101 to 89 on 16 June 2014. [2] [7]
Msowoya left the MCP and joined the United Transformation Movement (UTM) on 20 July 2018. [3] He declined to seek reelection in the Karonga Nyungwe constituency in 2019,and instead supported his daughter Luwani Msowoya. [8] Kenneth Ndovie defeated her in the election. [9]
A cyclist was hit and killed by Msowoya in Chisemphere in 2015,but no charges were filed against him. [10]