Aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice President, 9 others reported missing

An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice President, Saulos Chilima, and nine others has gone missing, a statement from the president’s office said.

According to the statement, the Malawi Defense Force aircraft “went off the radar” after leaving the capital, Lilongwe, on Monday.

Who is Saulos Klaus Chilima?

The Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima was born on 12th February 1973.

Dr. Chilima is a Ngoni from Ntcheu District in Central Malawi. He is married to Mary and together they have two children.

He is a Roman Catholic with leadership positions within the church. Chilima was first sworn in as Vice President of the Republic of Malawi On 30th May 2014.

On 28th June 2020 Dr Chilima was sworn in for his second term as Vice President of the republic of Malawi.

He holds a PhD in Knowledge Management from the University of Bolton, a Master’s degree in Economics as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Computer Science and Economics from the University of Malawi.

Chilima is the first Malawian to head Airtel Malawi, the leading mobile telecommunications company in the southern African country.

Before venturing in telecommunications, he held Senior Sales Marketing positions in the banking sector and the fast moving consumer goods sector namely the Leasing and Finance Company, Unilever Malawi, Coca Cola, and Carlsberg.