Monarchy of Malawi

Monarchy of Malawi
Coat of Arms of Malawi

Queen Elizabeth II of Malawi
Details
Style	Her Majesty
First monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Last monarch	Queen Elizabeth II
Formation	6 July 1964
Abolition	6 July 1966
Residence	United Kingdom Buckingham Palace Malawi Government House
Appointer	Hereditary

The Monarchy of Malawi (the Malawian monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of Malawi from 1964 to 1966. Malawi shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Malawi. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.

The monarchy was abolished in 6 July 1966, when Malawi became a republic within the Commonwealth.

History

The Monarch of Malawi was created by the Malawi Independence Act 1964 which transformed the Protectorate of Nyasaland into the independent sovereign constitutional monarchy of Malawi. Malawi adopted a new constitution in 1966 which abolished the monarchy.

List of monarchs

Portrait	Name	Birth	Death	Monarch from	Monarch until	Consort	Heir apparent
House of Windsor
	Queen Elizabeth II	21 April 1926		6 July 1964	6 July 1966	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	Charles, Prince of Wales

Titles

Titles
Elizabeth II 6 July 1964 – 1964 By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 1964 – 6 July 1966 By the Grace of God, Queen of Malawi and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth

Visits

1979 (22–25 July): as Head of the Commonwealth

References