Lazarus Chakwera Takes Charge as the new President of Malawi

Malawi’s opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as the 6th President of the country on 28 June 2020, after being declared as the winner of the southern African country’s historic presidential election.
The 65-year-old, leader of the Malawi Congress Party- MCP, defeated the incumbent President Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of votes.
Peter Mutharika, 79, of the Democratic Progressive Party, secured 39.4% of the total votes.