Joyce Banda Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Post-presidential life=== Banda stayed in self-imposed exile in the United States as a distinguished fellow at the [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars|Woodrow Wilson Center]] and [[Center for Global Development]] for three years, prior to returning to Malawi in 2018.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malawi-politics/former-malawi-president-joyce-banda-returns-from-exile-idUSKBN1HU2G8 Former Malawi president Joyce Banda returns from exile], [[Reuters]]</ref> To date, no charges have been formally filed against Banda. Banda entered the [[2019 Malawian general election|2019 presidential election]] as a candidate for the [[People's Party (Malawi)|People's Party]], but withdrew her candidacy two months before the election;<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malawi-election/ex-president-banda-pulls-out-of-malawi-presidential-race-idUSKCN1QV2R3 Ex-president Banda pulls out of Malawi presidential race] Reuters, 14 March 2019</ref> she later endorsed opposition candidate Lazarus Chakwera.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/joyce-banda-withdraws-from-malawi-presidential-race/4831130.html|title=Joyce Banda Withdraws from Malawi Presidential Race|date=15 March 2019|website=VOA|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ewn.co.za/2019/03/18/malawi-ex-leader-banda-seals-another-opposition-pact|title=Malawi ex-leader Banda seals another opposition pact|date=18 March 2019|website=AFP via Eyewitness News South Africa|language=en}}</ref> After the 2019 presidential election was annulled, she endorsed Chakwera again in the [[2020 Malawian presidential election|2020 re-do]]. Banda's son Roy Kahele-Banda was named to Chakwera's cabinet as Minister of Industry. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page