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Jean Chifuniro Mathanga
Minister of Energy; MP for Chiradzulu Midima
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- Minister of Energy
- Member of Parliament for Chiradzulu Midima
- Constituency
- Chiradzulu Midima
- District
- Chiradzulu
- 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: Chiradzulu Midima
- Jean Chifuniro Mathanga DPP8,340 33.8%
- Friday Namaona Independent5,884 23.8%
- Daniel Dominic Kamoto Independent4,538 18.4%
- Oliver Nakoma Independent3,337 13.5%
- Felix Clement Namisawo Independent2,010 8.1%
Top 5 of 7 candidates.
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Jean Chifuniro Mathanga is Malawi’s Minister of Energy, appointed on 29 May 2026 when the Ministry of Energy and Mining was split in two. She had been in the Cabinet since 30 October 2025, first as Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining.
Born on 28 June 1967, she has a degree in business administration and a master’s degree in leadership and management. She was a commissioner of the Malawi Electoral Commission and later the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) National Director of Elections. She also chaired the board of ESCOM, the national power company.
In 2020 the Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested her and ESCOM’s then chief executive over a 2017 procurement worth about K4 billion. In 2026 the Director of Public Prosecutions stopped the case, and in February 2026 a High Court judge ordered the prosecutor to explain why to Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee.
Jean Chifuniro Mathanga is the Member of Parliament for Chiradzulu Midima constituency in Chiradzulu district, in Malawi’s Southern Region. She sits as a member of the DPP. In the 16 September 2025 general election Mathanga won the seat with 8,340 votes (33.8% of valid votes), ahead of Friday Namaona (Independent) with 5,884. 7 candidates stood.
