Joyce Banda

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Joyce Banda

Joyce Hilda Mtila Banda (born April 12, 1950 in Malemia near Zomba ) is a Malawian politician ( People's Party ) and was the state president of her country from 2012 to 2014 .

Life

Joyce Banda is the daughter of Gray John Stewart Mtila, a police officer and musician. In 1975, then a mother of three and living in Nairobi , Banda left her abusive husband after coming into contact with the incipient women's movement . As a result, she worked as an entrepreneur and activist for women's rights. As part of this, she founded the Malawi National Association of Business Women , the Young Women Leaders Network , the Joyce Banda Foundation for Better Education and the local branch of The Hunger Project . Her work has been recognized with several international prizes, including the 2006 International Award for the Health and Dignity of Women from the Friends of UNFPA . In 2011 Forbes Magazine named her the third most powerful woman in Africa.

politics

Banda served in the government of Malawi's third president, Bingu wa Mutharika, who was elected in 2004, as Minister for Gender, Child Welfare and Community Services from 2004 to 2006 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from 2006 to 2009. She was Vice President of the State from 2009 to 2012. This first in the United Democratic Front and then from 2005 in the Democratic Progressive Party, newly founded by Mutharika .

In 2010 there was a dispute between Mutharika and Banda over the selection of candidates for the upcoming presidential election in 2014. Mutharika, who even after the constitution was not allowed to run again after two terms in office, pushed through the candidacy of his brother, Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika . Banda was expelled from the DPP, but remained in her office as Vice-President. She subsequently founded the People's Party .

After Mutharika's death as a result of a heart attack on April 5, 2012, Banda took over as acting Vice-President and, in accordance with the constitution, took the oath of office as President of the country on April 7. In one of her first official acts as president, she sold the government's Mercedes fleet and the Dassault-Falcon 900 presidential jet.

On October 16, 2012, Banda met with EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht in Brussels to discuss closer economic ties between the EU and Malawi.

In the presidential elections on May 20, 2014, she reached third place among the applicants with 20.3 percent and was thus defeated by the winner Peter Mutharika. She planned to participate in the 2019 elections in Malawi , but withdrew her presidential candidacy a few months before the election date.

Private

Joyce Banda is married to Richard Banda , a former top athlete and Chief Justice of Malawi and Swaziland .

See also

Web links

Commons : Joyce Banda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Honorable Joyce Banda. In: Americansforunfpa.org. Friends of UNFPA, archived from the original on June 25, 2013 ; accessed on February 6, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b taz: Frauenpower also in Malawi , published and accessed on April 9, 2012
  3. ↑ Joyce Banda sworn in as new Malawi president BBC News, April 7, 2012 (accessed April 7, 2012)
  4. ↑ My house, my women, my jet , nzz.ch, from November 13, 2015
  5. ↑ [1] Website of the EU Commission member Karel de Gucht (accessed on October 12, 2012)
  6. ↑ Xinhua: Mutharika déclaré vainqueur de la présidentielle au Malawi . Report from May 31, 2014 on www.afriquinfos.com ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.afriquinfos.com
  7. ↑ Joyce Banda, new Malawi president, a champion for women MSN TODAY News of April 7, 2012 (accessed April 9, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Banda, Joyce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Banda, Joyce Hilda Mtila (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Malawian politician, President of Malawi
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Malemia at Zomba