Godfrey Shawa

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Godfrey Shawa is a Malawian politician and former interim president of the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD), succeeding Dindi Gowa Nyasulu in 2012.[1]

Following the death of former party president and founder Chakufwa Chihana in 2006, Shawa was listed in Malawi's 2007 entry for the Africa Yearbook as the leader of one of the two party factions that emerged, the other faction leader being Chiphimpha Mughogho.[2]

In 2013, interim president Shawa contested the formal party president position with Minister of Youth and Sports Enoch Chihana and former Economic Planning and Development Minister Khwauli Msiska.[3] Chihana won the election and assumed the party presidency.[4]

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  1. "Ex-Aford president Dindi Gowa Nyasulu dies at 68". Nyasa Times. 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  2. Dzimbiri, Lewis B. (2007). "Malawi". Africa Yearbook. 4. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  3. "Three horse race for Aford presidency: Chihana, Shawa, Msiska". Nyasa Times. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  4. "Mr. Enoch Chihana has been elected President of the Alliance for Democracy (AFORD)". Face of Malawi. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2026.