Bingu wa Mutharika

==Family and personal life==
Mutharika was born and baptised in the [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] denomination, later converting to [[Roman Catholicism]].<ref name ="bbc profile">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3740547.stm |work=BBC News |title=Profile: Bingu wa Mutharika |date=10 August 2007 |access-date=26 April 2010 |first=Raphael |last=Tenthani}}</ref> He married Zimbabwean Ethel Zvauya Mutharika, with whom he had four children. [[Ethel Mutharika]] died on 28 May 2007. In 2010, Mutharika announced he planned to marry [[Callista Chimombo]], a former Minister of Tourism. The two were married on 1 May 2010.<ref name="nationmw.net"/>

Mutharika's brother, [[Peter Mutharika]], was a lecturer at [[Washington University in St. Louis]]. In May 2009, he was elected to the Malawian Parliament, and was subsequently appointed to the Malawi Cabinet as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. He has held other cabinet positions.{{Citation needed|date = April 2012}} He became the 5th President of Malawi, following the 2014 General election in which he garnered 36% of the national vote and represented the DPP.