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Monica Chang'anamuno

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Monica Chang'anamuno
Born
Monica Chang’anamuno

1980 (age 44–45)
NationalityMalawian
Occupations

Monica Chang’anamuno (born 1980) is a Malawian politician and educator is the current Minister of Mining in Malawi since 2019. She is a Member of Parliament for Lilongwe North Constituency.[1][2][3]

Life

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She became a Member of Parliament for her own home of Lilongwe North Constituency in 2019[4] and she became the Minister of Mining.[5]

In April 2020 she and fellow Lilongwe MP Esther Kathumba went to court over the legality of the measures brought in by the President to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic because they were not constitutional. They brought the "Kathumba v. President of Malawi" case with the Human Rights Defenders Coalition and the Church and Society Program of the Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. Kathumba argued that the President's decaration of a State of National Disaster in March and the announcement by the Minister of Health of a three week lockdown (a few days before) was unconstitutional. Three judges agreed with Kathumba that the measures were outside the constitution because they were a significant change to the freedoms given by the constitution and because the President has not declared "a State of Emergency". Moreover they volunteered that the freedom of conscience, belief, thought and religion can never be derogated.[6]

In October 2024 she unveiled a new mining regulatory authority which was designed to streamline the creation of new investment in Malawi.[7]

Personal life

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Chang’anamuno was born in 1980 in Lilongwe, Malawi. She attended Lilongwe Secondary School.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Embassy of the Republic of Malawi: Government and Politics". www.malawiembassycairo.org. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  2. ^ "Home". www.malawi.gov.mw. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  3. ^ "Executive". www.malawi.gov.mw. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  4. ^ "Hon.Monica Chang'anamuno – PWC Malawi". Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  5. ^ Naomi Mkwanda (28 October 2023). "Minister Chang'anamuno urges mining investors to invest in Malawi - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi". Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Kathumba v. President of Malawi". Global Freedom of Expression. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  7. ^ "CMA: Malawi's New Mining Regulator Accelerates Projects". energycapitalpower.com. 2024-11-12. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
  8. ^ "Hon.Monica Chang'anamuno – PWC Malawi". Retrieved 2023-12-02.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Minister of Mining Succeeded by
incumbent