President of Malawi

President of the Republic of Malawi Mtsogoleri wa Dziko la Malawi (Chichewa)
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Peter Mutharika since 31 May 2014
Executive branch of the Malawian Government
Style	His Excellency (formal)
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Lilongwe
Term length	Five years, renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Malawi
Formation	6 July 1966
First holder	Hastings Banda
Deputy	Vice President of Malawi
Salary	US$ 42,000 p.a.^[1]
Website	www.statehouse.mw

Malawi

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The President of the Republic of Malawi is the head of state and head of government of Malawi. The president leads the executive branch of the Government of Malawi and is the commander-in-chief of the Malawian Defence Force.

Latest election

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Peter Mutharika	Democratic Progressive Party	1,904,399	36.4
Lazarus Chakwera	Malawi Congress Party	1,455,880	27.8
Joyce Banda	People's Party	1,056,236	20.2
Atupele Muluzi	United Democratic Front	717,224	13.7
Kamuzu Chibambo	People's Transformation Party	19,360	0.4
Mark Katsonga	Progressive Party Movement	15,830	0.3
John Chisi	Umodzi Party	12,048	0.2
George Nnesa	Tisinthe Alliance	11,042	0.2
James Nyondo	National Salvation Front	10,623	0.2
Hellen Singh	United Independent Party	9,668	0.2
Friday Jumbe	Labour Party	8,819	0.2
Davis Katsonga	Chipani cha Pfuko	7,454	0.1
Invalid/blank votes		56,675	–
Total		5,288,258	100
Registered voters/turnout		7,475,806	70.8
Source: Maravi Post

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Heads of State of Malawi

Queen (1964–1966)	Elizabeth II

President (from 1966)	H. Banda Muluzi B. Mutharika J. Banda P. Mutharika

Heads of state and government of Africa

UN member states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Other states	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

UN member states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Other states	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

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