Callista Chimombo
Callista Mutharika | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Malawi | |
| In role 1 May 2010 – 5 April 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Ethel Mutharika |
| Succeeded by | Richard Banda |
| First Lady of African Union | |
| In office 1 May 2010 – 31 January 2011 | |
| President | Bingu wa Mutharika |
| Preceded by | Safia Farkash |
| Succeeded by | Constancia Mangue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1959 Zomba, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Malawi) |
| Political party | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Spouse | Bingu wa Mutharika (2010–2012) |
Madame Callista Chapola-Chimombo (Callista Mutharika) (born 24 May 1959) is a Malawian politician and the widow of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She served as the First Lady of the Republic of Malawi from 2010 to 2012. Chimombo was a member of the Cabinet of Malawi as a National Coordinator of Maternal, Infant and Child Health and HIV/Nutrition/Malaria and Tuberculosis.
She served from 2022 as the High Commissioner of Malawi in the Republic of Kenya. She has served as a member of the Pan-African Parliament, and as the Malawi Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Culture.
In 2005, she was Secretary of the Malawi Parliamentary Women's Caucus. Chimombo was a member of the Democratic Progressive Party and a member of the United Democratic Front (UDF).