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Previously, Chakwera was the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly following highly controversial elections held on 21 May which were overturned by the Constitutional Court.

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Lazarus Chakwera was born in Lilongwe , the capital city of Malawi , on 5 April [ 5 ] while the country was still under British colonial rule. Min in He became a professor at the Pan-Africa Theological Seminary in He worked as an instructor at the Assemblies of God 's School of Theology from to where he became the principal in He has been the co-director and a lecturer at All Nations Theological Seminary.

Rumours of Chakwera's intention to run in the MCP's presidential race were first reported in online media on 9 April During Malawi General elections, rumors speculated in different platforms that the elections were rigged. Chakwera told all Malawians to remain peaceful, accept the outcome, and wait for the next coming elections. Besides being successful as the main opposition party president, he also served as a member of parliament for the Lilongwe North West Constituency.

Chakwera announced his resignation as the head of the Malawian Assemblies of God, effective 14 May On this occasion, Malawi became the first African country to have its presidential election result overturned due to irregularities and an opposition leader go on to win the rerun election. The Republic of Kenya's Supreme Court had been the first to nullify in , but the rerun election therefrom was never won by the opposition leader.

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Soon after Chakwera's election as president, he became subject to criticism over appointing mutually related family members to cabinet. Chakwera's 31 member cabinet announced after inauguration had six members who were relatives with another member of the cabinet. Mo Sidik Mia , Chakwera's running mate in , was appointed minister of transport and public works and his wife Abida Mia the deputy-Minister for Lands.

Activists and organisations working on gender equality organised public demonstrations in October protesting against gender imbalance in public service appointments that Chakwera had made.