Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Republic of Malawi/Dziko La Malawwi (Female Suffrage 1960) Independent Formerly the British Colony of Nyasaland, 1963 internal self government, 1964-66 independent monarchy, 1996 a republic

Also see Malawi Parliament

1964-66 Elizabeth the second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Malawi and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth (06.07-06.07)
Queen of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1952

1966-74? Parliamentary Secretary to the President Jean M. Mlanga

1971-75 Parliamentary Secretary of Health Edda E. Chitalo
1994-96 Minister of State for Women's and Children’s Affairs 
1996 Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare
1996-97 Minister of Physical Planning and Surveys
1997-2003 Minister of State in the Office of the President and in the Cabinet responsible for Human Resources Management and Development

1971-75 Parliamentary Secretary of Community Development and Social Welfare E.F. Mtika

1971-75 Parliamentary Secretary of Agriculture B.A. Chirwa

1975-80 Minister of Community Development and Social Welfare Fern Favere Najere Sadyalunda (Third in Cabinet)

1992-94 Minister of Education and Culture Kate Kainja-Kaluluma
2005-06 Minister of Education and Human Resources
2006- Minister of Women and Child Development
1992-94 Deputy Minister of Labour, Women's and Children’s Affairs and Community Development Nellie Nsevla

1994-98 Minister of Education, Science and Technology Catherine Chipembere

1994-98 Deputy Minister of Health L. Lossa

1996-99 Minister of Women's and Children's' Affairs, Community Development and Social Welfare
1999-2000 Minister of Health and Population
2000-04 Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation
2004-05 Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Lillian E. Patel

1998-99 Deputy Minister of Health and Population Chenda Mkandawine

1998-99 Deputy Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Alice Sumani
1999-2000 Deputy Minister of Natural Resources
2000-2001 Minister of State of Statutory Corporations
2001-03 Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for the Poverty Alleviation Programs
2003-04 Minister of Gender and Community Services

1999-2000 Minister of Women's and Children's' Affairs, Community Development Mary KaPhwereza Banda
2003-04 Minister of State in the President's Office Responsible for HIV/AIDS Programmes

1999-2000 Deputy Minister of Agriculture Lyana Lexa Tambala
2000-03 Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security
2003-04 Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Technology

2000-03 Deputy Minister of  Health Patricia Kaliati
2003-04 Deputy Minister in the President's Office Responsible for National Public Events
 2004-05 Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development
 2005-09 Minister of Information and Tourism
 2009-11 Minister of Gender, Child Development and Community Development
2011- Minister of Information and Civic Education
(b. 1968-).

2000-03 Deputy Minister of  Housing Marta Nasho
2003-04 Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

2003-04 Minister of State in the President's Office Responsible for Persons with Disabilities Susan Chitimbe

2003-04 Deputy Minister of Health and Population Elizabeth Lamba

2004-06 Minister of Women, Child Welfare and Community Service Joyce Banda
2006-09 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2009-12 Vice-President
2012- President
 Founder and leader of the People's Party in 2011 after she fell out with the President who did not include her in the Cabinet, though she remains Vice-President according the the constitution and as such she took over as head of state after the death of her predecessor

2004-05 Minister of Mines, Natural Resources and Environment Eunice Kazemba
2009- Minister of Trade and Industry

 2004-05 Deputy Minister of Education and Human Resources Anna Kachikho
2005-06 Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security
2006-07 Minister of Education
2007-08 Minister of Labour
2008-09 Minister of Women and Child Development
2009-11 Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture
Her full name is Anna Andrew Namathanga Kachikho

2005 Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Marjorie Ngaunje
2005-06 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
2006-09 Minister of Health

2005 Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Food Security Elizabeth Aipira
2005-06 Deputy Minister of Statutory Corporations and Civil Service
2006-07 Minister of State for Statutory Corporations and Civil Service
She lived (1959-2007).

 2006-07 Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Callista Chapola-Chimbombo
 2007-09 Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture
2011- National Coordinator, Maternal Infant and Child Health, HIV/Nutrition/Malaria and tuberculosis
A widow when she married President Bingu wa Mutharika, a widower, in 2010.

2007-09 Deputy Minister of Education responsible for Primary Education Olive Masanza

2008-09 Deputy Minister of Women and Child Development Patricia Mwafulirwa

2009-11 Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor Etta Elizabeth Banda

2009-11 Minister of Persons with Disabilities and the Elderly Rene Bessie Kachere
2011- Minister of Gender, Child and Community Development

2009- Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Margaret Roka Mauwa

2009- Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Otria Moyo Jere

2009- Deputy Minister of Health Theresa Gloria Mwale

2009- Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Annie Lemani

2009-11 Deputy Minister of Gender, Child Development and Community Development Catherine Gotani Hara
2011- Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Infrastructure

2011- Minister of Health Dr Jean Kalilani

2011- Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Vera Faramenga Chilewani

2011- Deputy Minister of Gender, Child Development and Community Development Nasrin Pillane

 

 Last update 06.04.12