Background
Banda, Richard Allen was born on November 20, 1937 in Nkhata Bay, Malawi. Son of Duncan Stewart and Matilda Mwase Banda.
Banda, Richard Allen was born on November 20, 1937 in Nkhata Bay, Malawi. Son of Duncan Stewart and Matilda Mwase Banda.
Graduate in Law, Inns Court School Law, London, 1966.
Legal aid advocate, Malawi Ministry Justice, Blantyre, 1966-1967; with traditional court committee, Malawi Ministry Justice, Blantyre, 1967-1968; state advocate, Malawi Ministry Justice, Blantyre, 1968-1969; minister justice, Malawi Ministry Justice, Lilongwe, 1974-1976; senior resident magistrate, Malawi Judiciary, Blantyre, 1969-1970; chief resident magistrate, Malawi Judiciary, Blantyre, 1980; judge high court, supreme court appeal, Malawi Judiciary, Blantyre, 1980-1992; chief justice, Malawi Judiciary, Blantyre, since 1992; director public prosecutions, A.G. Chambers, Zomba, Malawi, 1970-1972; minister, Malawi Min. Local Government, Lilongwe, 1974-1976; minister, Min. Parliamentary Affairs, Lilongwe, 1975-1976.
Member Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association Malawi (chairman since 1986), Footbal Association Malawi (chairman 1988-1992).
Married Dorothy Mhango, January 1960 (divorced 1982). Children: Stanley, Etta, Ian, Susan. Married Joyce Hilda Mtila, January 23, 1983.
Children: Kambe, Njaliwe.