Ephraim Mganda Chiume is a politician who was appointed Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment in the cabinet

Cabinet of Malawi

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 of Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

 on 15 June 2009.

Chiume was born in 1953. He obtained a BSc Degree in Quantity Surveying from the University of South West in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in the UK, and the Surveyors Institute of Malawi.
He worked for Brendan Penny Associates, Bristol

Bristol

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 in the UK, and Peter Richards & Partners in Zambia

Zambia

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, Botswana

Botswana

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 and Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

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Chiume established his own consultancy of Chartered Quantity Surveyors in Lilongwe

Lilongwe

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Chiume joined the Democratic Progressive Party

Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi)

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(DPP) and became the party's Administrative Secretary. From 2008 he was a member of the DPP Governing Council. On 19 May 2009, he was elected Member of Parliament for Nkhatabay North Constituency on the DPP ticket.
He was appointed Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Energy in the cabinet that became effective on 15 June 2009.
He was confirmed as Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment in the reshuffle announced on 9 August 2010.