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Peter Mutharika

Diplomat · Politician

Peter Mutharika is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Arthur Peter Mutharika · Petar Mutharika · Peter Mutharika · Πίτερ Μουταρίκα · Питер Мутарика · 13 more...				[sources]
Alias	Arthur Peter Mutharika · Артур Питер Мутарика · Мутарика, Питер				[sources]
Weak alias	皮特·穆塔里卡				[sources]
Birth date	1940-07-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Zomba				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Malawi				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	Peter				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Progressive Party				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7176020				[sources]
Position	Minister of Defence (2014-2020) · Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011-2012) · President · President of Malawi (2014-2020) · President of Malawi (2025-) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Dedza Secondary School · University of London · Yale Law School				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-26	Last processed	2026-02-26	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Malawi

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Bingu wa Mutharika Politician	sibling	-	-
Gertrude Maseko Politician	spouse	2014-06-21

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President	-	-
President of the Republic of Malawi and Commander-in-Chief of the Malawi Defence Force

Data sources

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,072

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US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government873

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,165

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders10,958

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United States · CIA

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions503,126

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Wikidata326,221

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-nSNw5cxSNvCgAQXNu5ZLC4 · us-cia-malawi-peter-mutharika-president · unprot-962e3c2917194611d9b7e8370c9985ca67013a83 · unprot-11f3c1905e1248b8dde3fe16669d8661418c28fb · us-cia-malawi-arthur-peter-mutharika-president

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