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Joyce Banda

1950 - Today

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Joyce Hilda Banda (née Ntila; born 12 April 1950) is a Malawian politician, who served as President of Malawi, from 7 April 2012 to 31 May 2014. Banda took office as President following the sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She is the founder and leader of the People's Party, created in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joyce Banda has received more than 482,802 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Joyce Banda is the 9,533rd most popular politician (down from 8,728th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Malawi (up from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Malawian Politician.

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  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joyce Banda ranks 9,533 out of 19,576Before her are Xiang of Xia, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Gustavo Noboa, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, An-Nasir Hasan, and Cleomenes of Naucratis. After her are Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Frits Bolkestein, Hudjefa I, and Pharasmanes I of Iberia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Joyce Banda ranks 157Before her are Mike Rutherford, Chuck Schumer, Bruce Boxleitner, Anton Ondruš, Thorbjørn Jagland, and Mary Hopkin. After her are Josipa Lisac, Tony Banks, Humberto Coelho, Haris Alexiou, Richard Bandler, and Jim Beaver.

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In Malawi

Among people born in Malawi, Joyce Banda ranks 4 out of 15Before her are Lazarus Chakwera (1955), Bingu wa Mutharika (1934), and Hastings Banda (1898). After her are Peter Mutharika (1940), Bakili Muluzi (1941), Abeid Karume (1905), Theresa Kachindamoto (1950), Michelle Paver (1960), Anthea Stewart (1944), William Kamkwamba (1987), and Cate Campbell (1992).

Among POLITICIANS In Malawi

Among politicians born in Malawi, Joyce Banda ranks 3Before her are Lazarus Chakwera (1955), and Hastings Banda (1898). After her are Peter Mutharika (1940), Bakili Muluzi (1941), Abeid Karume (1905), and Theresa Kachindamoto (1950).