Cassim Chilumpha
| The Rt. Hon. Cassim Chilumpha SC | |
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| 2nd Vice President of Malawi | |
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In office 15 June 2004 – 19 May 2009 |
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| President | Bingu wa Mutharika |
| Preceded by | Justin Malewezi |
| Succeeded by | Joyce Banda |
| Member of Parliament Nkhotakota South |
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Assumed office 19 May 2009 |
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| President |
Bingu wa Mutharika Joyce Banda |
| Attorney General | |
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In office 2003–2004 |
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| President | Bakili Muluzi |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Kasambara |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 November 1958 Chiutula Village Nkhotakota, Nyasaland (now Malawi) |
| Political party | People's Party |
Cassim Chilumpha (born 29 November 1958) is a Malawian politician who was Vice-President of Malawi from June 2004 to May 2009. Later, under President Joyce Banda, he was appointed as Minister of Energy and Mining in April 2012.
Chilumpha was born in Chiutula Village about 8 Kilometers from Nkhotakota City in the area of Chief Malengachanzi in Central Malawi.
Chipumpha was educated at primary schools within the Chisoti and Nkhotakota LEA schools and subsequently completed secondary education at Nkhata Bay Secondary School where he passed School Certificate Examinations. He then went on to pursue a degree in Law (LL.B) at Chancellor College, University of Malawi. Upon graduation, Chilumpha worked for a year in the Ministry of Justice for the Malawi government before winning a scholarship to study for a Master's and PhD programme in law at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. Later, he returned to University of Malawi as a lecturer.
Chilumpha is currently one of only five Senior Counsel in Malawi, a standard used to denote excellence in legal advocacy, comparable to Queens' Counsel in the United Kingdom. At the Polytechnic of the University of Malawi, he rose to the ranks of Head of Business Administration, Dean of Faculty of Commerce, and Associate Professor of Commercial Law. He entered the political arena in the 1980s. He was Minister of Defence, Education, and Justice and Attorney General in the last administration. He is also Minister responsible for water. A member of the United Democratic Front (UDF), he served as a Minister in the administration of President Bakili Muluzi from March 1994 to 2000, then from 2003 to 2004, and again from 2004 to 2006 under President Bingu wa Mutharika. He has served as Minister for the following (in this order): Defence, Education, Justice, Finance, Education, Statutory Corporations and Water. As part of the UDF ticket, he was Mutharika's running mate in the May 2004 presidential election and accordingly became Vice-President on 16 June 2004.
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