Brown Mpinganjira

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Brown James Mpinganjira (born November 7, 1950 ) is a Malawian politician of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), who was foreign minister between 1999 and 2000 and a presidential candidate in 2004.

Life

After Bakili Muluzi was elected President of Malawi in 1994, Mpinganjira initially became Minister for Information and Broadcasting and, in personal union, Minister for Post and Telecommunications in his cabinet. After a cabinet reshuffle, he was then Minister of Education between 1997 and 1999 and also served as Minister of Sport and Culture from 1998 to 1999. As part of a further restructuring of the government, he replaced Mapopa Chipeta as foreign minister on June 28, 1999 and held this office until he was replaced by Lilian Patel in 2000.

Mpinganjira, now chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), was arrested in October 2001 for alleged involvement in the attempted coup in March 2001 and released in December 2001 after the court ruling was revised. In the presidential elections of May 20, 2004 he was the presidential candidate of his NDA, but came in at 8.7 percent after the election winner Bingu wa Mutharika from the United Democratic Front (UDF) with 35.9 percent, John Tembo from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP ) with 27.1 percent and Gwanda Chakuamba from the Mgwirizano Coalition with 25.7 percent only fourth place among the five candidates. In the presidential elections on May 19, 2009 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of vice-presidency as running mate of John Tembo, who was again defeated by Bingu wa Mutharika with 30.49 percent, who accounted for 66.17 percent.

In 2013, Mpinganjira was appointed Minister of Irrigation and Water Development by President Joyce Banda and, following a cabinet reshuffle, served as Minister of Information and Citizenship from 2013 until Joyce Banda's term of office ended on May 31, 2014.

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  1. ↑ Malawi: June 28, 1999
  2. ↑ Malawi: Foreign Ministers
  3. ↑ Malawi: May 20, 2004
  4. ↑ Malawi: May 19, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Mpinganjira, Brown
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mpinganjira, Brown James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Malawian politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1950