# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-banda
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:17:29.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-banda"
name: "Richard Banda"
slug: "richard-banda"
description: "Richard Banda SC is a Malawian barrister and former athlete. He is a judge who formerly served as Chief Justice of Malawi and Eswatini and as Minister of Justice in Malawi. He was president of the Commonwealth Magistrates' and Judges' Association and Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal. As a sportsman, Banda was a track and field athlete and soccer player. He is the spouse of the former president of Malawi, Joyce Banda and, as such, was the first gentleman."
tagline: "Malawian barrister"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.942729333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "ريتشارد باندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Banda"
    title: "Richard Banda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Banda"
    title: "Richard Banda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Банда, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7323937"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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