List of heads of state of Malawi

President of Malawi;
	; Presidential flag;
	Incumbent; Bingu wa Mutharika; since 24 May 2004
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Hastings Banda
Formation	6 July 1966

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[edit] Heads of State of Malawi (1964-Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
Malawi
6 July 1964 to 6 July 1966		Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II represented by:-
6 July 1964 to 6 July 1966		Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones, Governor-General
Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
The Republic of Malawi
6 July 1966 to 21 May 1994		Hastings Banda, President^[1]	MCP
21 May 1994 to 20 May 2004		Bakili Muluzi, President	UDF
20 May 2004 to Present		Bingu wa Mutharika, President	UDF/DPP

e • d **Summary of the 19 May 2009 Malawian **presidential** election results**
Candidates	Parties	Votes	%
Bingu wa Mutharika	Democratic Progressive Party	2,946,103	65.98
John Tembo	Malawi Congress Party	1,370,044	30.69
Kamuzu Chibambo	People's Transformation Party	35,167	0.79
Stanley Masauli	Republican Party	33,887	0.76
Loveness Gondwe	New Rainbow Coalition	32,160	0.72
James Mbowe Nyondo	independent	27,328	0.61
Dindi Gowa Nyasulu	Alliance for Democracy	20,151	0.45
Total (turnout %)		4,464,840	100.00
Source: mec.org.mw

^ In 1971, the National Assembly of Malawi declared Banda President for Life. His official title was His Excellency the Life President of the Republic of Malaŵi, Ngwazi Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda. The title Ngwazi means "chief of chiefs" (more literally, "great lion", or, some would say, "conqueror") in Chicheŵa language. Banda was stripped of these titles in 1993.

President of Malawi
Presidential flag
Incumbent Bingu wa Mutharika since 24 May 2004
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Hastings Banda
Formation	6 July 1966