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Joyce Banda

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4th President of Malawi

PoliticiansBorn 1950 · age 76
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Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician, educator, and activist who served as the fourth president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014. She became president after the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, under whom she served as the fourth vice president from 2009 to 2012.

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Joyce Banda
said · 2012
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Most African women are taught to endure abusive marriages.

Former Malawi President speaking on abusive marriages to BBC in 2012.

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Joyce Banda
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I learned that leadership is about falling in love with the people and the people falling in love with you.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Joyce+Banda+Quote&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ng&client=safari

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Joyce Banda
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women constitute the majority of our population in Africa. Therefore, when we talk about poverty, suffering and underdevelopment, we are talking mostly of women.

https://www.womensworldbanking.org/insights/the-case-for-womens-leadership-joyce-banda/

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2014BBC 100 Women
2013honorary degree

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Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician, educator, and activist who served as the fourth president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014. She became president after the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, under whom she served as the fourth vice president from 2009 to 2012. A member of the People's Party, Banda has led the party since its creation in 2011, and was the first female president of Malawi and the second head of state, after Elizabeth II, and the second in Africa, after Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

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Born 1950 · age 76
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