Malawi
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- 21 Sep 1889 - 23
Feb 1893
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- 23 Feb 1893 - 11
May 1914
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- 11 May 1914 - 12
Dec 1919
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- 12 Dec 1919
- 6 Jul 1964
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- 24 Aug 1954 - 31
Dec 1963
- Federation of
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
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6 Jul 1964 - 7 Aug 2010
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7 Aug 2010 - 28 May 2012
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Re-adopted 28 May 2012
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Map
of Malawi |
Hear
National Anthem
"Mulungu
dalitsa Malaŵi"
(Oh God Bless Our Land of
Malawi) |
Text
of National Anthem
Adopted Feb 1964 |
Constitution
(18 May 1994)
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Capital:
Lilongwe
(Zomba 1889-1 Jan 1975)
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Currency:
Malawi Kwacha
(MWK); 1964-1971
Malawi Pound (MWP); 1956-1965
Rhodesia & Nyasaland
Pound (RHFP); 1940-1956 Southern Rhodesia Currency
Board Pound (RHSP); 1893-1940
British Pound (GBP) |
National
Holiday: 6 Jul (1964)
Independence Day
(Republic Day) |
Population:
19,842,560 (2018)
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GDP: $22.42
billion (2017)
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Exports:
$1.42 billion (2017)
Imports: $2.31
billion (2017)
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Ethnic groups:
Chewa 34.3%, Lomwe 18.8%, Yao 13.2%,
Ngoni 10.4%, Tumbuka 9.2%, Sena 3.8%,
Mang'anja 3.2%,
Tonga 1.8%, Nyanja 1.8%, Nkhonde 1%,
other 2.2%,
foreign 0.3% (2018)
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Total Active
Armed Forces: 5,300 (2010)
Merchant marine:
None (2018)
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Religions:
Crotestant 33.5% (includes Church of
Central Africa Presbyterian 14.2%,
Seventh Day Adventist/Baptist 9.4%,
Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 2.3%),
Roman Catholic 17.2%,
other Christian 26.6%, Muslim 13.8%,
traditionalist 1.1%,
other 5.6%, none 2.1% (2018)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ACP,
AfCFTA,
AfDB, APM, AU, BTWC, C, CCM, CD,
COMESA, CTBT, CWC, EITI, ENMOD, ESCR, FAO,
G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO,
IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA
(signatory), ISA, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA,
NAM, NPT, NTBT, OPCW, SADC, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC,
UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR,
UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
WMO, WTO
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Malawi
Index
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Chronology
23 Oct
1876
Blantyre founded by British
missionaries.
21 Sep
1889
Shire Highlands Protectorate declared
a U.K.
protectorate by acting consul John
Buchanan (not
recognized by U.K., but claimed by
Portugal).
15 May
1891
Nyasaland Districts Protectorate
7 May 1892 - 19
May 1925 Portuguese
concession on Lake Nyasa shore (on
12
Jan 1901 concession at Leopard
Bay of Lake Nysasa
exchanged for Chipole [Chipoli]
on Rhoades Bay).
23 Feb
1893
British Central Africa
Protectorate
(administered by British South Africa
Company).
6
Jul
1907
Nyasaland Protectorate
1
Aug 1953 - 31 Dec 1963 Part of
the Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland
(see Zimbabwe).
9
May
1963
Nyasaland (self-rule).
6
Jul
1964
Independence from U.K. (Malawi).
6
Jul
1966
Republic of Malawi
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Traditional
States
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Historical
Maps
of
Malawi
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British Consuls for the Nyasa District
("to the territories of the kings and chiefs in the
districts adjacent to Nyassa")
1 Oct 1883 - 16 Aug 1884 Charles Edward
Foot
(b. 1841 - d. 1884)
16 Aug 1884 - 24 Oct 1885 Lawrence Charles
Goodrich (acting)
24 Oct 1885 - 12 Feb 1888 Albert George Sidney
Hawes (b. 1842 - d.
1897)
12 Feb 1888 - 10 Sep 1891 John Buchanan
(acting)
(b. 1855 - d. 1896)
Commissioners and
Consul-Generals
1 Feb 1891 - 16 Apr 1896 Henry
"Harry" Hamilton Johnston (b. 1858
- d. 1927)
(from 10 Jan 1896, Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston)
16 Apr 1896 - 1 Apr 1907 Alfred
Sharpe
(b. 1853 - d. 1935)
(from 26 Jun 1903, Sir Alfred
Sharpe)
1 Apr 1907 - 30 Sep 1907
Francis Barrow Pearce (acting)
(b. 1866 - d. 1926)
Governors
1 Oct 1907 - 1 May 1908 Sir
William Henry
Manning
(b. 1863 - d. 1932)
(1st time) (acting)
1 May 1908 - 1 Apr
1910 Sir Alfred
Sharpe
(s.a.)
1 Apr 1910 - 4 Jul
1910 Francis Barrow Pearce
(acting) (s.a.)
4 Jul 1910 - 6 Feb
1911 Henry Richard Wallis
(acting) (b. 1866 - d.
1946)
6 Feb 1911 - 23 Sep 1913
Sir William Henry
Manning
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
23 Sep 1913 - 12 Apr 1923 George
Smith
(b. 1858 - d. 1938)
(from 22 Jun 1914, Sir George Smith)
12 Apr 1923 - 27 Mar 1924
Richard Sims Donkin
Rankine (b.
1875 - d. 1961)
(acting)
27 Mar 1924 - 30 May 1929 Sir
Charles Calvert
Bowring (b.
1872 - d. 1945)
30 May 1929 - 7 Nov 1929
Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (b. 1870 -
d. 1960)
(acting)
7 Nov 1929 - 22 Nov 1932
Shenton Whitelegge
Thomas
(b. 1879 - d. 1962)
(from 1 Jan 1931, Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas)
22 Nov 1932 - 9 Apr 1934
Sir Hubert Winthrop
Young
(b. 1885 - d. 1950)
9 Apr 1934 - 21 Sep 1934
Kenneth Lambert Hall
(acting) (b. 1887 - d.
1979)
21 Sep 1934 - 20 Mar 1939 Sir
Harold Baxter Kittermaster (b.
1879 - d. 1939)
20 Mar 1939 - 8 Aug 1942
Sir Henry Charles Donald Cleveland (b. 1889 - d. 1965)
Mackenzie-Kennedy
8 Aug 1942 - 27 Mar 1947
Sir Edmund Charles Smith Richards (b. 1889 - d.
1955)
30 Mar 1948 - 10 Apr 1956
Geoffrey Francis Taylor
Colby (b. 1901 - d. 1958)
(from 3 Jun 1949, Sir Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby)
10 Apr 1956 - 10 Apr 1961 Sir
Robert Perceval
Armitage (b. 1906 -
d. 1990)
10 Apr 1961 - 6 Jul 1964
Sir Glyn Smallwood
Jones
(b. 1908 - d. 1992)
Queen¹
6 Jul 1964 - 5 Jul 1966 the
Queen of the United
Kingdom
Governor-general and
Commander-in-Chief of Malawi
(representing the British monarch as head of state)
6 Jul 1964 - 5 Jul
1966 Sir Glyn Smallwood
Jones
(s.a.)
Presidents
6 Jul 1966 - 21 May 1994
Hastings Kamuzu
Banda
(b. 1898? - d. 1997) MCP
21 May 1994 - 24 May 2004 Elson
Bakili
Muluzi
(b.
1942)
UDF
24 May 2004 - 5 Apr 2012
Bingu wa
Mutharika
(b. 1934 - d. 2012) UDF;2005 DPP
5 Apr 2012 - 7 Apr 2012 Vacant
7 Apr 2012 - 31 May 2014 Joyce Hilda
Banda (f)
(b. 1950)
PP
31 May 2014 - 28 Jun 2020
Arthur Peter
Mutharika
(b. 1940) DPP
28 Jun 2020
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Lazarus McCarthy
Chakwera
(b.
1955)
MCP
Prime minister
1 Feb 1963 - 6 Jul
1966 Hastings Kamuzu
Banda
(s.a.)
MCP
6 Jul 1966
Post abolished
¹Full style:
(a) 6 Jul 1964 - 31 Jul 1964: "By the Grace of
God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen,
Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith";
(b) 31 Jul 1964 - 5 Jul 1966: "By the Grace of
God, Queen of Malawi and of Her other Realms and
Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."
Territorial Disputes: Dispute with
Tanzania over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
and the meandering Songwe River; Malawi contends that
the entire lake up to the Tanzanian shoreline is its
territory, while Tanzania claims the border is in the
center of the lake; the conflict was reignited in 2012
when Malawi awarded a license to a British company for
oil exploration in the lake.
Party abbreviations: DPP
= Democratic Progressive Party (Mutharika
personalist, split from UDF, est.Feb 2005); MCP
= Malawi Congress Party (nationalist, authoritarian,
1966-1993 only legal party, est.1959); PP =
People's Party (Joyce Banda personalist, split from DPP,
est.2011); UDF = United
Democratic Front (liberal, Muluzi personalist,
1994-2004 ruling party, est.1992)
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