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Moses Chirambo

Malawian politician

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Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ123694772 ↗
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Moses Chirambo was a Malawian politician and ophthalmologist. He was the former Minister of Health in Malawi, having been appointed to the position in early 2009 by the former president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika. His term began on 15 June 2009.

Chirambo was Malawi's first ophthalmologist before entering politics. He was elected by the voters in the Rumphi Central Constituency in 2009. He died on 14 August 2010.

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This entry incorporates text from “Moses Chirambo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.