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Malawi: Heads of State: 1966-2024

President of the Republic of Malawi
6 Jul 1966 - 6 Jul 1971 Hastings Kamuzu Banda [1]
Life President of the Republic of Malawi [2]
6 Jul 1971 - 17 Nov 1993 Hastings Kamuzu Banda 
President of the Republic of Malawi
17 Nov 1993 - 21 May 1994 Hastings Kamuzu Banda 
21 May 1994 - 24 May 2004 Elson Bakili Muluzi
24 May 2004 - 5 Apr 2012 Bingu wa Mutharika [2]
5 Apr 2012 - 7 Apr 2012 office vacant
7 Apr 2012 - 31 May 2014 Joyce Hilda Banda [3]
31 May 2014 - 28 Jun 2020 Arthur Peter Mutharika
28 Jun 2020 - Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera
  1. Original name: Akim Kamnkhwala Mtunthama Banda.
  2. The lifelong term of office for Banda was approved in accordance with an act of Parliament (passed by the Parliament of Malawi on 3 Dec 1970, assented to on 10 Dec 1970; short title: Constitution (Amendment) (No. 3) Act, 1970). Banda took the oath of office as Life President at a public ceremony held in Blantyre on 6 Jul 1971.
  3. Original name: Brightson Webster Ryson Thom Mutharika (changed to Bingu wa Mutharika in 1963).
  4. Née Ntila.