Malawi
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- 21 Sep 1889 - 23
Feb 1893
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- 23 Feb 1893 - 11
May 1914
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- 11 May 1914 - 12
Dec 1919
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- 12 Dec 1919
- 6 Jul 1964
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- 24 Aug 1954 - 31
Dec 1963
- Federation of
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
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6 Jul 1964 - 7 Aug 2010
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7 Aug 2010 - 28 May 2012
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Re-adopted 28 May 2012
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Map
of Malawi |
Hear
National Anthem
"Mulungu
dalitsa Malaŵi"
(Oh God Bless Our Land of
Malawi) |
Text
of National Anthem
Adopted Feb 1964 |
Constitution
(18 May 1994)
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Capital:
Lilongwe
(Zomba 1889-1 Jan 1975)
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Currency:
Malawi Kwacha
(MWK); 1964-1971
Malawi Pound (MWP); 1956-1965
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Pound (RHFP); 1940-1956 Southern Rhodesia Currency
Board Pound (RHSP); 1893-1940
British Pound (GBP) |
National
Holiday: 6 Jul (1964)
Independence Day
(Republic Day) |
Population:
19,842,560 (2018)
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GDP: $22.42
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$1.42 billion (2017)
Imports: $2.31
billion (2017)
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Ethnic groups:
Chewa 34.3%, Lomwe 18.8%, Yao 13.2%,
Ngoni 10.4%, Tumbuka 9.2%, Sena 3.8%,
Mang'anja 3.2%,
Tonga 1.8%, Nyanja 1.8%, Nkhonde 1%,
other 2.2%,
foreign 0.3% (2018)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 5,300 (2010)
Merchant marine:
None (2018)
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Religions:
Crotestant 33.5% (includes Church of
Central Africa Presbyterian 14.2%,
Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist 9.4%,
Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 2.3%),
Roman Catholic 17.2%,
other Christian 26.6%, Muslim 13.8%,
traditionalist 1.1%,
other 5.6%, none 2.1% (2018)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP,
AfCFTA,
AfDB, APM, AU, BTWC, C, CCM, CD,
COMESA, CTBT, CWC, EITI, ENMOD, ESCR, FAO,
G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA
(signatory), ISA, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA,
NAM, NPT, NTBT, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC,
UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Malawi
Index
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Chronology
1876
Blantyre founded by British
missionaries.
21 Sep
1889
Shire Highlands Protectorate declared
a U.K.
protectorate by acting consul John
Buchanan (not
recognized by U.K., but claimed by
Portugal).
15 May
1891
Nyasaland Districts Protectorate
23 Feb
1893
British Central Africa
Protectorate
(administered by British South Africa
Company).
6 Jul
1907
Nyasaland Protectorate
1 Aug 1953 -
31 Dec 1963 Part of the
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
(see Zimbabwe).
9 May
1963
Nyasaland (self-rule).
6 Jul
1964
Independence from U.K. (Malawi).
6 Jul
1966
Republic of Malawi
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Traditional
States
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Historical
Maps
of
Malawi
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Commissioners
21 Sep 1889 - 16 Apr 1896 Sir
Harry Hamilton
Johnston (b.
1858 - d. 1927)
21 Sep 1889 - 1889
John Buchanan
(acting for Johnston)(b. 1855 - d. 1896)
16 Apr 1896 - 1 Apr 1907 Alfred
Sharpe
(b. 1853 - d. 1935)
(from 26 Jun 1903, Sir Alfred
Sharpe)
1 Apr 1907 - 30 Sep 1907
Francis Barrow Pearce (acting)
(b. 1866 - d. 1926)
Governors
1 Oct 1907 - 1 May 1908 Sir
William Henry
Manning
(b. 1863 - d. 1932)
(1st time) (acting)
1 May 1908 - 1 Apr
1910 Sir Alfred
Sharpe
(s.a.)
1 Apr 1910 - 4 Jul
1910 Francis Barrow Pearce
(acting) (s.a.)
4 Jul 1910 - 6 Feb
1911 Henry Richard Wallis
(acting) (b. 1866 - d.
1946)
6 Feb 1911 - 23 Sep 1913
Sir William Henry
Manning
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
23 Sep 1913 - 12 Apr 1923 George
Smith
(b. 1858 - d. 1938)
(from 22 Jun 1914, Sir George Smith)
12 Apr 1923 - 27 Mar 1924
Richard Sims Donkin
Rankine (b.
1875 - d. 1961)
(acting)
27 Mar 1924 - 30 May 1929 Sir
Charles Calvert
Bowring (b.
1872 - d. 1945)
30 May 1929 - 7 Nov 1929
Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (b. 1870 -
d. 1960)
(acting)
7 Nov 1929 - 22 Nov 1932
Shenton Whitelegge
Thomas
(b. 1879 - d. 1962)
(from 1 Jan 1931, Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas)
22 Nov 1932 - 9 Apr 1934
Sir Hubert Winthrop
Young
(b. 1885 - d. 1950)
9 Apr 1934 - 21 Sep 1934
Kenneth Lambert Hall
(acting) (b. 1887 - d.
1979)
21 Sep 1934 - 20 Mar 1939 Sir
Harold Baxter Kittermaster (b.
1879 - d. 1939)
20 Mar 1939 - 8 Aug 1942
Sir Henry Charles Donald Cleveland (b. 1889 - d. 1965)
Mackenzie-Kennedy
8 Aug 1942 - 27 Mar 1947
Sir Edmund Charles Smith Richards (b. 1889 - d.
1955)
30 Mar 1948 - 10 Apr 1956
Geoffrey Francis Taylor
Colby (b. 1901 - d. 1958)
(from 3 Jun 1949, Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby)
10 Apr 1956 - 10 Apr 1961 Sir
Robert Perceval
Armitage (b. 1906 -
d. 1990)
10 Apr 1961 - 6 Jul 1964
Sir Glyn Smallwood
Jones
(b. 1908 - d. 1992)
Queen¹
6 Jul 1964 - 6 Jul 1966 the
Queen of the United
Kingdom
Governor-general
(representing the British monarch as head of state)
6 Jul 1964 - 6 Jul
1966 Sir Glyn Smallwood
Jones
(s.a.)
Presidents
6 Jul 1966 - 21 May 1994
Hastings Kamuzu
Banda
(b. 1898? - d. 1997) MCP
21 May 1994 - 24 May 2004 Elson
Bakili
Muluzi
(b.
1942)
UDF
24 May 2004 - 5 Apr 2012
Bingu wa
Mutharika
(b. 1934 - d. 2012) UDF;2005 DPP
5 Apr 2012 - 7 Apr 2012 Vacant
7 Apr 2012 - 31 May 2014 Joyce Hilda
Banda (f)
(b. 1950)
PP
31 May 2014 - 28 Jun 2020
Arthur Peter
Mutharika
(b. 1940) DPP
28 Jun 2020
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Lazarus McCarthy
Chakwera
(b.
1955)
MCP
Prime minister
1 Feb 1963 - 6 Jul
1966 Hastings Kamuzu
Banda
(s.a.)
MCP
6 Jul 1966
Post abolished
¹Full style:
(a) 6 Jul 1964 - 1964: "By the Grace of God, of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of
the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith";
(b) 1964 - 6 Jul 1966: "By the Grace of God
Queen of Malawi and of Her other Realms and Territories,
Head of the Commonwealth."
Territorial Disputes: Dispute with
Tanzania over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
and the meandering Songwe River; Malawi contends that
the entire lake up to the Tanzanian shoreline is its
territory, while Tanzania claims the border is in the
center of the lake; the conflict was reignited in 2012
when Malawi awarded a license to a British company for
oil exploration in the lake.
Party abbreviations: DPP
= Democratic Progressive Party (Mutharika
personalist, split from UDF, est.Feb 2005); MCP
= Malawi Congress Party (nationalist, authoritarian,
1966-1993 only legal party, est.1959); PP =
People's Party (Joyce Banda personalist, split from DPP,
est.2011); UDF = United
Democratic Front (liberal, Muluzi personalist,
1994-2004 ruling party, est.1992)
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