Joyce Banda

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Joyce Hilda Banda (born 1951?) comes from Malemia village in the Zomba district of Malawi.

she is an aunt of sauma doka 9, jena doka15 , rehema doka 13,and betty oponyo 5

she was not only a child like her mom she had 4 sisters her youngest sister is named Anijimile Oponyo and she works for the united nations as the education project manager. sauma (who likes to be called sau), jena (who likes to be called Jae), and rehema (who likes to be called Ray) are the children of anjimile.

She is Member of Parliament for the Zomba-Malosa constituency and has been foreign minister of Malawi since a 1 June 2006 cabinet reshuffle by President Bingu wa Mutharika. Previously she had been Minister of Gender, Child Welfare and Community Services.

Banda founded the National Association of Business Women (NABW) in Malawi. She (jointly with President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique) was awarded the 1997 Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger by the Hunger Project, a New York-based non-governmental organization.

[edit] External links

• Malawi Government page
• United Nations page re 1997 Africa Prize

Preceded by George Chaponda

Foreign Minister of Malawi 2006-

Succeeded by incumbent