Richard Msowoya (born 28 August 1962) is a Malawian politician who served as the 7th

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of the

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and in the assembly for the Karonga Nyungwe constituency from 2014 to 2019. He was a member of the

Malawi Congress Party The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is a political party in Malawi. It was formed as a successor party to the banned Nyasaland African Congress when the country, then known as Nyasaland, was under British rule. The MCP, under Hastings Banda, pre ...

and

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. He was

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's vice presidential running mate in the 2014 election

Early life and education

Richard Msowoya was born on 28 August 1962. He graduated with a

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in supply chain management.

Career

Msowoya served as Deputy Minister of Education, Minister of State, and Minister of Transport. Msowoya became vice president of the

(MCP). Msowoya was

's vice presidential running mate in the 2014 election. During the campaign he participated in the first televised vice presidential debate in Malawi's history. In the 2009 election Msowoya ran in the Karonga Nyungwe constituency as an

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candidate and lost to Khwauli Msiska. He defeated Msiska in the 2014 election as the nominee of the MCP. Msowoya defeated Francis Kasaila, a member of the

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(DPP), to become the 7th

by a vote of 101 to 89 on 16 June 2014. Msowoya left the MCP and joined the

(UTM) on 20 July 2018. He declined to seek reelection in the Karonga Nyungwe constituency in

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, and instead supported his daughter Luwani Msowoya. Kenneth Ndovie defeated her in the election.

Personal life

A cyclist was hit and killed by Msowoya in Chisemphere in 2015, but no charges were filed against him.

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