George Chaponda
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Honourable George Chaponda MP |
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| Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development |
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In office 7 April 2016 – 22 February 2017 |
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| President | Peter Mutharika |
| Preceded by | Allan Chiyembekeza |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation |
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In office 19 June 2014 – 7 April 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Ephraim Chiume |
| Succeeded by | Francis Kasaila |
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Member of Parliament for Mulanje South West |
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Assumed office 2004 |
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| Personal details | |
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1 November 1942 Chonde Village, Nyasaland |
| Nationality | Malawian |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Delhi University of Zambia Yale University (J.S.D) |
Dr. George T. Chaponda (born 1 November 1942) is a Malawian career diplomat and politician who served as Malawi's Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development from 2016 to 2017. He is a founding member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and is a DPP Member of Parliament from Mulanje district in southern Malawi.
Born in Chonde Village, Mulanje District, Chaponda studied at the University of Delhi from 1963 to 1968 where he received degrees in history and political science. He studied law at the University of Zambia from 1976 to 1979 and at Yale University from 1980 to 1984. He was admitted to the Bar in 1980.
He has held a number of senior positions in Zambia, including chief executive of a parastal organisation. From 1984 to 2002, he worked mostly as a senior lawyer for the Office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Somalia, Kenya, Thailand, Bangladesh, Switzerland, Austria, Poland and Ethiopia. From 2003-2004 he was Chairman of the University Council of the University of Malawi. In 2004 Chaponda entered Malawian politics and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Mulanje South West constituency. In June 2004, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of the newly elected President Bingu wa Mutharika. He served in that position until 2005, when he was appointed Minister of Local Government and Rural Development. After the elections in May 2009, President Bingu wa Mutharika appointed him Minister of Education, but moved him to lead the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in 2010. The entire cabinet was dismissed on 19 August 2011.
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