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Joseph Mathyola Mwanamvekha
Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation; MP for Chiradzulu Thumbwe
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- Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation
- Member of Parliament for Chiradzulu Thumbwe
- Constituency
- Chiradzulu Thumbwe
- District
- Chiradzulu
- Region
- Southern Region
- Party
- DPP Democratic Progressive Party
- In Parliament
- Elected 16 September 2025
- In office since
- 5 October 2025
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2025 election result: Chiradzulu Thumbwe
- Joseph Mathyola Mwanamvekha DPP19,304 75.1%
- Ron Richard Muphuwa Independent3,116 12.1%
- Joseph Davie Nomale Independent2,495 9.7%
- Elias Segula UTM595 2.3%
- Kennedy Samala MCP210 0.8%
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Joseph Mathyola Mwanamvekha is Malawi’s Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Decentralisation, appointed on 5 October 2025 in Peter Mutharika’s first batch of appointments.
He is an economist and banker who studied economics at the University of Malawi. Before politics he held senior posts at the Reserve Bank of Malawi and in finance houses, including Continental Discount House, and was chief executive of Malawi Savings Bank.
As a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) MP, first for Chiradzulu South, he held the trade and agriculture portfolios in Mutharika’s first government and was Minister of Finance from 2019 to 2020. In opposition he was the DPP’s finance spokesperson in Parliament and a regional vice president of the party.
Back at the Treasury, his 2026 budget forecast growth of about 4% and aimed to bring inflation down to 15%. Education got the largest share, to pay for free primary and secondary schooling.
Joseph Mathyola Mwanamvekha is the Member of Parliament for Chiradzulu Thumbwe constituency in Chiradzulu district, in Malawi’s Southern Region. He sits as a member of the DPP. In the 16 September 2025 general election Mwanamvekha won the seat with 19,304 votes (75.1% of valid votes), ahead of Ron Richard Muphuwa (Independent) with 3,116. 5 candidates stood.
