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Malawi Parliament

 

Parliament of Malawi, Website

The National Assembly of Malawi is the supreme legislative body of the nation. It is situated on Capital Hill, Lilongwe along Presidential Way. The National Assembly alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in Malawi. At its head is the Speaker of the House who is elected by his or her peers.[2] Since June 2014 the Speaker is Richard Msowoya.

The 1994 Constitution provided for a Senate but Parliament repealed it. Malawi therefore has a unicameral legislature in practice.[2] The National Assembly has 193 Members of Parliament (MPs) who are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or first-past-the-post) system and serve five-year terms.

Current Parliament

The current parliament was inaugurated on 9 June 2014 after the 2014 general election. No party managed to secure a majority in the house. Two by-elections were expected to be held for the Thyolo East and Blantyre North constituencies. Peter Mutharika won the presidential election and therefore could not represent the former constituency, while a Malawi Congress Party candidate died prior to the election in the latter.

List of Speakers

Legislative Council
Name Entered office Left office
Henry Wilcox Wilson 1958 1961
W. Wenban-Smith 1961 1963
Alec Mjuma Nyasulu August 13, 1963 1964
Legislative Assembly
Alec Mjuma Nyasulu 1964 6 July 1964
National Assembly
Alec Mjuma Nyasulu 6 July 1964 1964
Ismail K. Surtee October 27, 1964 ?
Alec Mjuma Nyasulu March 16, ? February 1975
Nelson P.W. Khonje February 11, 1975 March 1987
Mordecai Lungu June 1987 November 1992
Brain Mtawali November 20, 1992 May 1994
Rodwell Munyenyembe June 30, 1994 June 1999
Sam Mpasu July 13, 1999 May 2003
Davis Katsonga May 2003 2004
Rodwell Munyenyembe June 2004 June 2005
Louis Chimango June 2005 June 2009
Henry Chimunthu Banda June 2009 May 2014
Richard Msowoya June 2014 Present

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(Malawi)

 

 

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