Offstream
news

---

Changes

1. Lazarus Chakwera has been elected President with 58.7% of the votes.
   2020-06-29 13:03:31 (First version)
2. Lazarus Chakwera has been elected President with 58.57% of the votes.
   (Current version)

---

Related

Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera suspends all publicly funded international travel for government officials, including himself, until the end of March, as part of measures to address the country's economic challenges.
2023-11-15

President of Malawi Lazarus Chakwera pardons 200 prisoners, including a former minister convicted of corruption.
2023-04-11

After the results of the last general election in Malawi were annulled by the country's Constitutional Court in February, new elections are held.
2020-06-23

President Peter Mutharika announces a stimulus package to alleviate the economic stress resulting from the disease. To help finance this program, he and all government ministers are taking a ten percent wage cut for three months.
2020-04-5

In an address to the nation, President Peter Mutharika reports Malawi's first confirmed cases of COVID-19.
2020-04-2

Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party wins Malawi's May 21 presidential election with 39% of the vote, followed by Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party with 36% and Saulos Chilima of the United Democratic Movement with 20%.
2019-05-27

The Malawi Electoral Commission reports, with 75% of the vote counted, President Peter Mutharika leads with 40.44% of votes, the opposition Malawi Congress Party's Lazarus Chakwera has 35.34%, and Deputy President Saulos Chilima received 18.35% of the votes cast in Tuesday's presidential election.
2019-05-23

Former Malawian President Joyce Banda announces she is to return from three years of exile amid a corruption scandal.
2018-04-23

Singer Madonna is accused by the office of Malawi President Joyce Banda of "bullying state officials" after she reportedly exaggerated her charity's contribution and complained about her treatment on a recent visit to the country.
2013-04-11

President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika pardons a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison for "gross indecency and unnatural acts".
2010-05-29