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Dr Joyce Banda

Bachelor of Science in Gender and Development

• Position:

  Former President of Malawi,

• Country of Birth:

  Malawi

• Graduation Date:

  2012

She was the President of Malawi from 7 April 2012 to 31 May 2014. She is the founder and leader of the People's Party, created in 2011. An educator and grassroots women's rights activist, she was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and Vice-President of Malawi from May 2009 to April 2012. Banda took office as president following the sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She was Malawi's fourth president[3] and its first female president. Before becoming president, she served as the country's first female vice-president. She was a member of parliament and Minister for Gender, Children's Affairs and Community Services. Before her active career in politics she was the founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation, founder of the National Association of Business Women (NABW), Young Women Leaders Network and the Hunger Project. In 2014, Forbes named President Banda as the 40th most powerful woman in the world and the most powerful woman in Africa.Read Dr Joyce Banda Testimonial to AIU here...

 

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