Dalitso Kabambe
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Dalitso Kabambe | |
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.jpg) Kabambe in 2025 | |
| 13th Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi | |
| In office 21 April 2017 – 8 July 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Peter Mutharika[1] |
| Preceded by | Charles Chuka |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Banda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 November 1973 |
| Spouse | Brigitte Kabambe |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London, University of Malawi |
Dalitso Kabambe (born 17 November 1973) is an economist, banker and politician from Malawi. He served as the 13th Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi from 2017 until 2020.[2] On 17 November 2024, he was elected President of the United Transformation Movement. On 16 September 2025 he led UTM to Malawi Election where he came third.
Kabambe is a Malawian development economist who was appointed Governor for the Reserve Bank of Malawi on 21 April 2017 by the then Malawi President Peter Mutharika.
Prior to his governorship of the country's central bank, Kabambe worked in the Malawi Government Economic Service for a period of 19 years from 1998. He held different positions such as Principal Economist, Chief Economist, Deputy Director of Economic Planning and, Budget Director in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development. He was the Director of Planning and Policy Development at the Ministry of Health from 2013 to 2015, where he was also in charge of the national health budget. He served as Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for close to 2 years. He was replaced as governor by Wilson Banda on 9 July 2020.[3]
Personal life
Kabambe is married to Brigitte Kabambe. The couple has three children. He is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church where he is also a Church Elder.
Education
He holds a PhD and a master's degree in Development Economics from Imperial College, University of London, United Kingdom which he obtained in 2008 and 2001 respectively. He got his first degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Malawi in 1998.[4]
Joining politics
Kabambe publicly announced his decision to join active politics on 31 December 2020 when he was unveiled as a member of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi). Media reports indicated that Kabambe will run to be leader of the party in order to stand as its candidate in the 2025 Malawian presidential elections.[5][6][7]
He later on in 2024 joined United Transformation Movement (UTM) following the death of the former UTM president and Vice president of Malawi in a plane crash that claimed eight lives, Dr Saulos Craus Chilima. On 17th November, 2024, he was elected president of UTM. He lost his seat in the 2025 Malawian elections.[8]