President of Malawi

President of the Republic of Malawi Mtsogoleri wa Dziko la Malawi (Chichewa)
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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.
Website	www.statehouse.mw

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

Main article: Malawian general election, 2014

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

See also

• List of colonial heads of Malawi (Nyasaland)
• List of Governors-General of Malawi
• List of Presidents of Malawi
• List of heads of government of Malawi
• Lists of incumbents

External links

• Official page of the Office of the President of Malawi