George Chaponda

George Chaponda
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation
and Water Development
In office
7 April 2016 – 22 February 2017
PresidentPeter Mutharika
Preceded byAllan Chiyembekeza
Minister of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation
In office
19 June 2014 – 7 April 2016
Preceded byEphraim Chiume
Succeeded byFrancis Kasaila
Member of Parliament
for Mulanje South West
Assumed office
2004
Personal details
Born (1942-11-01) 1 November 1942 (age 82)
Chonde Village, Nyasaland
NationalityMalawian
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
ChildrenDaliso Chaponda
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
University of Zambia
Yale University (J.S.D)

George T. Chaponda (born 1 November 1942) is a Malawian career diplomat and politician who served as Malawi's Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development from 2016 to 2017. He is a founding member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and is a DPP Member of Parliament from Mulanje district in southern Malawi.[1]

  1. ^ "THE IRISH-AFRICAN PARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING" (PDF). crossborder.ie. Page 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.