Peter Mutharika

Peter Mutharika served as the President of Malawi from 2014 to 2020. He was elected in May 2014, succeeding Joyce Banda, and was declared the winner of the election with 36.4 percent of the vote. His presidency was marked by efforts to improve government operations and combat corruption, which impressed international donors and led to the resumption of foreign aid.

However, as his term progressed, Mutharika's rule became more autocratic, and Malawi faced new economic challenges. Nationwide protests occurred in 2011 due to discontent with the country's political and economic situation. In 2019, Mutharika was declared the winner of the presidential election, but the results were annulled by the Constitutional Court in February 2020 due to widespread irregularities. A rerun election in June 2020 saw Lazarus Chakwera elected as president, with Mutharika garnering less than 40 percent of the vote. The current President of Malawi is Peter Mutharika.123