# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sidik-mia
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:58.897Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sidik-mia"
name: "Sidik Mia"
slug: "sidik-mia"
description: "Sidik Mia was a Malawian businessman, politician, and Member of Parliament who held various ministerial positions within the Cabinet of Malawi beginning in 2004, serving as Minister of Transport and Public Works since June 2020. He was the Deputy President of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) until his death due to COVID-19 related illness on 12 January 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi. He stood as the vice presidential running mate to Dr. Lazarus Chakwera in the 2019 Malawian general election."
tagline: "Minister of Transport and Public Infrastructure of Malawi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sidik_Mia_2010_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1965"
deathDate: "2021-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.31
  momentum:             15.06451612903226
  historical:           7.005616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "西迪克·米亚"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidik_Mia"
    title: "Sidik Mia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidik_Mia"
    title: "Sidik Mia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidik_Mia"
    title: "Sidik Mia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidik_Mia"
    title: "Sidik Mia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidik_Mia"
    title: "Sidik Mia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidik_Mia"
    title: "Sidik Mia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidik_Mia"
    title: "Sidik Mia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7508832"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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