Joyce Banda
4th President of Malawi · Malawi · On the map · Politicians · Born 1950 · age 76
Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician, educator, and activist who served as the 4th President of Malawi from 2012-2014. She previously served as the vice-president under Bingu wa Mutharika from 2009 till his death in 2012 when she succeeded him as President.
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, I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you.
women constitute the majority of our population in Africa. Therefore, when we talk about poverty, suffering and underdevelopment, we are talking mostly of women.
It is important that women’s needs, aspirations and realities become central drivers of policies and programmes to increase maternal health care access and utilisation.
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A member of the People's Party, Banda has led the party since its creation in 2011. She was the first female president and the first female vice-president of Malawi. Banda was the second female African head of state after Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
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