26 Facts About Peter Mutharika

Peter Mutharika 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.

Peter Mutharika has held positions as Minister of Justice and later as Minister for Education, Science and Technology.

Peter Mutharika served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2012.

Peter Mutharika 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.

Peter Mutharika has been admitted to the bar in Tanzania as a professional lawyer since 1971.

Peter Mutharika served as advisor to the American Bar Association's Rule of Law initiative for Africa.

Peter Mutharika assisted as an advisor in the campaign for his brother, Bingu wa Mutharika, for re-election as President in 2009.

Peter Mutharika then entered Malawian politics where he became a Minister in a cabinet he helped to create.

Peter Mutharika continued to serve as an adviser to the President until the President's death in 2012 in issues of foreign and domestic policy.

Peter Mutharika was part of a three-man tribunal that was arbitrating international cases.

Peter Mutharika then became Minister of Education, Science and Technology and as of 8 September 2011 he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new "war cabinet".

Peter Mutharika's appointment was endorsed by the DPP NGC since the party did not hold a convention to elect new leaders.

The ruling DPP has stated that Peter Mutharika is a Malawian citizen and would run for president as a Malawian citizen and not an American one.

Peter Mutharika was elected as President in the 2014 election.

Peter Mutharika was sworn in as President on 31 May 2014.

Peter Mutharika appointed the veteran economist Goodall Gondwe as Minister of Finance and appointed one of the defeated presidential candidates, Atupele Muluzi, as Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining.

Peter Mutharika was accused of the involvement in a bribery case, suspected of having received more than $200,000 from a businessman who had obtained a multi-million dollar contract with the police.

The ACB stated that investigations into the Malawi Police Service food rations contract have revealed that President Peter Mutharika did not personally benefit from $200,000 deposited in the Democratic Progressive Party's bank account.

Peter Mutharika was nominated and endorsed as the presidential candidate of the DPP.

Peter Mutharika was sworn in on 28 May 2019 for a new five-year term.

The Human Rights Defenders Coalition then headed by Timothy Mtambo led a wave of protest against Peter Mutharika regime accusing his government of nepotism and demanding that Jane Ansah resign.

On 17 July 2022, Peter Mutharika held a press conference at his Page House in Mangochi where he accused the current Tonse Alliance administration of failing Malawians and not fulfilling their Campaign promises.

Peter Mutharika vowed that his Party will win the 2025 elections and he is still considering on whether he should stand again.

Peter Mutharika has two daughters and a son from his first marriage.

Peter Mutharika remained a widower for more than thirty years, but on 21 June 2014, he married Gertrude Maseko, a member of the Malawi Parliament.

Peter Mutharika is the younger brother of Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi's third president.