KNOW YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE : DR LAZARUS CHAKWELA (MCP) Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera (born Apri 5, 1955) was the Malawi Assemblies Of God President from 1989 to May 14, 2013. He hails from Malembo village, T/A Khongoni in Lilongwe. He is now in active politics. BIOGRAPHY Chakwera was born in Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi on April 5, 1955. He was born to a subsistence farmer in the outskirt of Lilongwe city. Two of his brothers born before him died in infacy due to high infant mortality rate. His father, believing that he would live gave him the name Lazarus as the Bible character who was raised from the dead. He is an only son with surviving sisters. Lazarus Chakwera is married to Monica and together they have four children and grand children. EDUCATION In 1977 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts(Philosophy) Degree from the Chancellor College (University of Malawi). He got his honors degree (BTh)from the University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa. In 1991 he got his masters (MTh, from the University of South Africa. The Trinity International University, in Deerfield, Illinois, USA awarded him a doctorate (D. Min) in the year 2000. The Pan Africa Theological Seminary awarded him Professorship in 2005. ACHIEVEMENTS He has worked as an instructor at the Assemblies of God School of Theology from 1983 to 2000 where he became the Principal in 1996. He has been the co-director and a lecturer at All Nations Theological Seminary. Since 1989 to date he has been at the helm of Malawi assemblies of God presidency. On April 14, 2013 he took many by surprise when he declared his intentions to run at a Convention of an opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as a president while still maintaining the Assemblies of God Presidency. His landslide victory at MCP convention went down in history of Malawi as the first of its kind of any political party in Malawi. POLITICS Lazarus Chakweras interest in politics became known to the public on April 9, 2013 when rumors of his interest to join the presidential race of the MCP were on the online media. The rumors were confirmed later to the public on April 14, 2013. Chakwera later submitted his nomination papers while still at the helm of the Malawi Assemblies of God. The MCP convention slated for April 27, 2013 was later postponed to 10 and 11 August where he was elected to be the president of MCP and he will represent the party in 2014 general election. Chakwera later announced his resignation as the Head of the Malawi Assemblies of God, the resignation would be in effect from May 14, 2013. This he said, would enable him to concentrate on front-line politics. He claims that he is still Gods minister who is serving Gods people in a different context other than the church. He claims He is Right Person To Lead Malawi from Poverty to Prosperity!! #Gule_Alipo
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 08:53:04 +0000
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