Politics
Thoko Matengambiri Tembo
Minister of Mining; MP for Neno North
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- Minister of Mining
- Member of Parliament for Neno North
- Constituency
- Neno North
- District
- Neno
- Region
- Southern Region
- Party
- DPP Democratic Progressive Party
- In Parliament
- Elected 16 September 2025
- In office since
- 29 May 2026
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2025 election result: Neno North
- Thoko Matengambiri Tembo DPP11,305 80.4%
- Frans Phiri MCP1,710 12.2%
- Bonface Galeta Independent800 5.7%
- Herbert Hebrews Misomali Independent248 1.8%
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Thoko Matengambiri Tembo is Malawi’s Minister of Mining, appointed on 29 May 2026 when the Ministry of Energy and Mining was split in two. Before that he was Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development from 5 January 2026.
At his swearing-in at Kamuzu Palace in July 2026, President Mutharika told him to get mining deals that serve Malawians better than past agreements, and warned that failing could cost him the job. Tembo promised that future mining agreements would be in Malawians’ interest.
In 2023, as an opposition MP, he was one of the members suspended from Parliament after backing fellow MP Naomi Kilekwa during President Chakwera’s address.
Thoko Matengambiri Tembo is the Member of Parliament for Neno North constituency in Neno district, in Malawi’s Southern Region. He sits as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). In the 16 September 2025 general election Tembo won the seat with 11,305 votes (80.4% of valid votes), ahead of Frans Phiri (MCP) with 1,710. 4 candidates stood.
