Peter Mutharika
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| President of Malawi | |
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Assumed office 31 May 2014 |
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| Vice President | Saulos Chilima |
| Preceded by | Joyce Banda |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 8 September 2011 – 26 April 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Etta Banda |
| Succeeded by | Ephraim Chiume |
| Member of Parliament for Thyolo East |
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In office 19 May 2009 – March 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Bapu Khamisa |
| Succeeded by | Gerson Timothy Solomoni |
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| Born | 1940 (age 76–77) Chisoka, Thyolo, Nyasaland |
| Nationality | Malawian |
| Political party |
DPP (2004–present) UDF (before 2004) |
| Spouse(s) | Christophine (d. 1990) Gertrude Maseko (m. 2014) |
| Relations | Bingu wa Mutharika (brother) |
| Children |
3
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| Alma mater |
University of London (LL.B) Yale University (LL.M), (J.S.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
| Awards | International Jurist Award |
Arthur Peter Mutharika (English pronunciation: //mutʰárika//; born 1940) is a Malawian politician, educator and lawyer who has been President of Malawi since 31 May 2014. Mutharika has worked globally in the field of international justice. He is an expert on international economic law, international law and comparative constitutional law. He informally served as an adviser to his older brother, President Bingu wa Mutharika, on issues of foreign and domestic policy from the onset of his election campaign until the President's death on 5 April 2012.
He has also held positions as Minister of Justice and later as Minister for Education, Science and Technology. Mutharika also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012. He was charged to help bridge relations between Malawi and the United Kingdom due to the deterioration of public diplomacy between the two nations after the Cochrane-Dyet controversy. Standing as the candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Peter Mutharika was elected as President of Malawi in the 2014 election.
Mutharika received his law degree from the University of London in 1965. He then received his LL.M and JSD degrees from Yale University in 1966 and 1969 respectively. As a professor, he has taught at University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Haile Selassie University (Ethiopia), Rutgers University (USA), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Program for Foreign Service Officers from Africa and Asia at Makerere University (Uganda), and for 39 years at Washington University (USA), and has served as an Academic Visitor at the London School of Economics (UK). He also served as advisor to the American Bar Association's Rule of Law initiative for Africa. He was also the chair of the Institute for Democracy and Policy Studies in Malawi.
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