Callista Chimombo

Callista Mutharika
First Lady of Malawi
In role
1 May 2010 – 5 April 2012
Preceded byEthel Mutharika
Succeeded byRichard Banda
First Lady of African Union
In office
1 May 2010 – 31 January 2011
PresidentBingu wa Mutharika
Preceded bySafia Farkash
Succeeded byConstancia Mangue
Personal details
Born (1959-05-24) 24 May 1959 (age 65)
Zomba, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
(now Malawi)
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
SpouseBingu wa Mutharika (2010–2012)

Madame Callista Chapola-Chimombo (Callista Mutharika) (born 24 May 1959)[1] is a Malawian politician and the widow of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She served as the First Lady of the Republic of Malawi from 2010 to 2012. Chimombo is a previous member of the Cabinet of Malawi as a National Coordinator of Maternal, Infant and Child Health and HIV/Nutrition/Malaria and Tuberculosis.

She currently serves as the High Commissioner of Malawi in the Republic of Kenya, she presented her diplomatic credentials to Kenya's president on 1 April 2022. She has also previously served as a member of the Pan-African Parliament, and as the Malawi Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture.[2]

As of 2005, she was Secretary of the Malawi Women's Caucus.[3] Chimombo is a former member of the Democratic Progressive Party and a former member of the United Democratic Front (UDF).[4]

  1. ^ "Profile of First Lady Callista Mutharika". Malawidemocrat.com. 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2012-04-16.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Malawi Announces Cabinet Reshuffle". Scotland-MalawiPartnership.org. Scotland Malawi Partnership. 2007-05-11. Archived from the original on 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary Centre Hosts A Southern Africa Regional Workshop On Micro Finance as Strategy for Poverty Reduction". ParlCent.ca. Parliamentary Centre of Canada. Archived from the original on 2005-07-31. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
  4. ^ "List of Members of the Pan African Parliament" (PDF). Africa-Union.org. African Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2007-09-09.