# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/orton-chirwa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:16:58.922Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/orton-chirwa"
name: "Orton Chirwa"
slug: "orton-chirwa"
description: "Orton Chirwa was a lawyer and political leader in colonial Nyasaland and after independence became Malawi's Minister of Justice and Attorney General. After a dispute with Malawi's autocratic President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, he and his wife Vera were exiled. After being kidnapped abroad they were tried in Malawi on charges of treason and sentenced to death. Amnesty International named the couple prisoners of conscience. After spending nearly eleven years on death row in Malawi, Orton Chirwa died in prison on 20 October 1992."
tagline: "Malawian politician (1919–1992)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Orton_Ching%27oli_Chirwa.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1919-01-30"
deathDate: "1992-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.143161333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Ортон Чирва"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "اورتون كيروا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_Chirwa"
    title: "Orton Chirwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_Chirwa"
    title: "Orton Chirwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_Chirwa"
    title: "Orton Chirwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_Chirwa"
    title: "Orton Chirwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Чирва, Ортон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7105088"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump