Peter Mutharika

Peter Mutharika
Mutharika in 2014
5th President of Malawi
In office
31 May 2014 – 28 June 2020
Vice PresidentSaulos Chilima
Everton Chimulirenji
Preceded byJoyce Banda
Succeeded byLazarus Chakwera
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
8 September 2011 – 26 April 2012
PresidentBingu wa Mutharika
Preceded byEtta Banda
Succeeded byEphraim Chiume
Minister of Education, Science and Technology
In office
9 August 2010 – 8 September 2011
PresidentBingu wa Mutharika
Preceded byGeorge Chaponda
Succeeded byGeorge Chaponda
Minister of Justice
In office
15 June 2009 – 9 August 2010
PresidentBingu wa Mutharika
Preceded byHenry Dama Phoya
Succeeded byGeorge Chaponda
Member of Parliament
for Thyolo East
In office
19 May 2009 – March 2014
Preceded byBapu Khamisa
Succeeded byGerson Timothy Solomoni
Advisor to The President on Foreign and Domestic Policy
In office
2009–2012
Personal details
Born
Arthur Peter Mutharika

(1940-07-18) 18 July 1940 (age 84)
Chisoka, Thyolo, Nyasaland
NationalityMalawian
Political partyDPP (2004–present)
UDF (before 2004)
Spouse(s)Christophine (d. 1990)
(m. 2014)
Children3
RelativesBingu wa Mutharika (brother)
Alma materUniversity of London (LLB)
Yale University (LLM, JSD)
ProfessionLawyer
AwardsInternational Jurist Award
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Arthur Peter Mutharika (born 18 July 1940)[1][2] is a Malawian politician and lawyer who was President of Malawi from May 2014 to June 2020.[3] Mutharika has worked in the field of international justice, specialising in international economic law, international law and comparative constitutional law.[4] He informally served as an adviser to his older brother, President Bingu wa Mutharika, on issues of foreign and domestic policy from the onset of his election campaign until the President's death on 5 April 2012.[5]

He has also held positions as Minister of Justice and later as Minister for Education, Science and Technology.[5] Mutharika also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He was charged to help bridge relations between Malawi and the United Kingdom due to the deterioration of public diplomacy between the two nations after the Cochrane-Dyet controversy.[6] Standing as the candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Peter Mutharika was elected as President of Malawi in the 2014 election.[7]

  1. ^ "Index Mp-Mz". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Prof. Arthur Peter Wa Mutharika – Governance Link Initiative". Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Lazarus Chakwera sworn in as Malawi president after historic win". bbc.com. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Succession crisis looms in DPP". Nyasa Times. Archived from the original on 9 August 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://www.nyasatimes.com/blog/2011/09/16/malawi-leader-sends-%e2%80%98brother-leader%e2%80%99-for-talks-with-uk/?#comment-30779 [dead link]
  7. ^ "nationmw.net". nationmw.net.