Gondwe, 77 whose appointment was also announced on the official Malawi government website on Friday becomes the first cabinet minister to be unveiled by the new administration.
President Mutharika during the campaign period announced he would have a lean 20 member cabinet. Malawians are waiting to see who else will make the list.
Meanwhile, Gondwe is returning to cabinet after resigning from his last portfolio as Economic Planning and Development Minister after he was arrested and charged with treason.
He is also a former IMF official and was also head of the former director of the Africa Division for the International Monetary Fund before returning to Malawi to work as a politician.
Gondwe also served as the Chief Economic Advisor to former Malawi president Bakili Muluzi and was appointed Finance Minister in June 2004 by President Bingu wa Mutharika.
He takes over from Maxwell Mkwezalamba and is credited for Malawi’s success during Mutharika’s first term.
(BNLTimes)
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