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Theresa Gloria Mwale
Theresa Gloria Mwale
	Mwale in 2011
Member of Parliament
	In office; 2009–2014
Constituency	Mchinji West
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 77–78); Malawi
Occupation	Nurse, politician

Theresa Gloria Mwale (born 1947) is a nurse who entered politics in Malawi, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Health in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Theresa Gloria Mwale was born in 1947, and gained an MSc in Nursing Education and Management. From 1973 to 1976 she worked as a nurse and manager in hospitals in the Nkhatabay and Chikhwawa districts. From 1976 to 1987 she was a teacher at Zomba School of Nursing and Kamuzu College of Nursing. Between 1987 and 2008, Mwale was a Health Advisor for Reproductive Women and New-Born Babies for the World Health Organization.^[1]

Mwale was elected Member of Parliament for the Mchinji West Constituency on a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ticket on 19 May 2009.^[2] She was appointed Deputy Minister of Health in the cabinet that became effective on 15 June 2009.^[3] After the Cabinet reshuffle of 9 August 2010, she was appointed Minister of Gender, Child & Community Development.^[4]

Mwale sought reelection in 2014 as an independent candidate, but was unseated by Billy Kanjira Banda of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP).^[5] She later contested the MCP primaries for the 2016 Mchinji West by-election.^[6]

References

^ "Cabinet Profiles - June 2010". Best of Malawi. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
^ "Malawi Election 2009 Results". African Elections Project. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
^ "Malawi's 43 member cabinet list as unveiled by President Mutharika". Nyasa Times. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10.
^ "MALAWI CABINET AS OF AUGUST 9, 2010" (PDF). Government of Malawi. Retrieved 2011-03-03.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "2014 Malawi Parliamentary election results" (PDF). www.sdnp.org.mw. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
^ Munthali-Mana, Sarah (2016-04-18). "Teacher wins in MCP primary elections in Mchinji West". Nyasa Times. Retrieved 2021-11-16.

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[Bestof-1] "Cabinet Profiles - June 2010". Best of Malawi. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2011-03-05.

[2] "Malawi Election 2009 Results". African Elections Project. Retrieved 2011-03-04.

[3] "Malawi's 43 member cabinet list as unveiled by President Mutharika". Nyasa Times. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10.

[4] "MALAWI CABINET AS OF AUGUST 9, 2010" (PDF). Government of Malawi. Retrieved 2011-03-03.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[elect2014-5] "2014 Malawi Parliamentary election results" (PDF). www.sdnp.org.mw. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

[6] Munthali-Mana, Sarah (2016-04-18). "Teacher wins in MCP primary elections in Mchinji West". Nyasa Times. Retrieved 2021-11-16.

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