Chanju Samantha Mwale | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Malawi |
| Service | Malawian Defence Force |
| Years of service | 2004–2017 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-colonel |
Chanju Samantha Mwale is a Malawian lawyer and army officer. She was the first female lawyer in the Malawian Defence Force and in 2016 became the first female officer of the Malawian Army to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. She was transferred to a research role in 2016, a move she alleged was illegal and took to the Malawi High Court. The court did not hear the case and Mwale chose to retire from the army.