Gertrude Hendrina Maseko is a former member of the national assembly and the former
First Lady of Malawi.
Maseko originates from the village of Kapasule in
Balaka District
Balaka is a district in the Southern Region of Malawi. The capital is Balaka. The district covers an area of 2,193 km.² and has a population of over 310,000. The district's population is increasing at a rate of 2.3% per annum. Major att ...
.
[ She was educated at St Mary's Secondary School in Zomba. She was a member of the ]National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
for the DPP
DPP may stand for:
Business
*Digital Production Partnership, of UK public service broadcasters
* Direct Participation Program, a financial security
* Discounted payback period
Photography
* Digital Photo Professional, Canon software
Law en ...
between 2009 and 2014, having been elected in the 2009 general elections.[ She married former President ]Peter Mutharika
Arthur Peter Mutharika (born 18 July 1940) is a Malawian politician and lawyer who was President of Malawi from May 2014 to June 2020. Mutharika has worked in the field of international justice, specialising in international economic law, inter ...
on 21 June 2014.
References
Living people
First ladies and gentlemen of Malawi
Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi) politicians
People from Balaka District
Malawian nurses
Members of the National Assembly (Malawi)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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