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Joyce Banda

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Joyce Hilda Banda (née Ntila; born 12 April 1950) is a Malawian politician, educator, and activist who served as the fourth president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014. She became president after the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, under whom has served as the fourth vice president from 2009 to 2012. A member of the People's Party, Banda has led the party since its creation in 2011, and was the first female president of Malawi and the second head of state, after Elizabeth II, and the second in Africa, after Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Born in Malemia, Banda graduated from the Columbus University and the Royal Roads University with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in arts, and the Atlantic International University with a bachelor's degree on social science in the early 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2024). Joyce Banda is the 8,717th most popular politician (up from 9,526th in 2024), the 4th most popular biography from Malawi and the 3rd most popular Malawian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joyce Banda ranks 8,717 out of 19,576. Before her are Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Shintaro Abe, Väinö Tanner, Augusta of Denmark, Sara Duterte, and Charles Booth. After her are Vykintas, Amir Kabir, Baldwin Lonsdale, Hannelore Kohl, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, and Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Joyce Banda ranks 163. Before her are Håkan Nesser, Elya Baskin, Natalie Cole, Keizo Imai, Danny Sullivan, and Juan Gabriel. After her are Laura Esquivel, Steven Van Zandt, Frank Stallone, Haris Alexiou, Bruce Boxleitner, and Roger Hodgson.

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In Malawi

Among people born in Malawi, Joyce Banda ranks 4 out of 15. Before her are Lazarus Chakwera (1955), Bingu wa Mutharika (1934), and Hastings Banda (1898). After her are Bakili Muluzi (1941), Peter Mutharika (1940), Abeid Karume (1905), Theresa Kachindamoto (1950), Anthea Stewart (1944), Michelle Paver (1960), William Kamkwamba (1987), and Saulos Chilima (1973).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malawi

Among politicians born in Malawi, Joyce Banda ranks 3. Before her are Lazarus Chakwera (1955), and Hastings Banda (1898). After her are Bakili Muluzi (1941), Peter Mutharika (1940), Abeid Karume (1905), Theresa Kachindamoto (1950), and Saulos Chilima (1973).

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