Margaret Roka Mauwa (born 1959) is an expert in agriculture who, in June 2009, became Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security in the

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. Mauwa was born in 1959. She obtained a diploma in Agriculture from the

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, Bunda and an MSc in Agriculture Extension and Rural Development from the

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. She has spent most of her working career at the Ministry of Agriculture. Positions include Gender Officer and then Capacity Building Officer, Program Coordinator at Training Support Programme for Community Based, Natural Resources Management, Institutional and Human Development Manager at Training Support for Partners, and Social Development Specialist for a Microprojects Program run by the Government of Malawa with the

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(2007-2009). Mauwa joined the

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in 2005 and was elected a Member of Parliament for the Chiradzulu North District on 19 May 2009. She was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security on 15 June 2009. President

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acted as Minister of Agriculture. After the cabinet shuffle of 9 August 2010, she retained her position as Deputy Minister while

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was made Minister.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mauwa, Margaret Roka Living people 1959 births Government ministers of Malawi University of Malawi alumni