By Chisomo Phiri
Death has been announced of Former Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe, who was also northern region Vice President for the former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
According to DPP Treasurer General and Rumphi North Legislator Jappie Mhango, Gondwe, 87,passed on Tuesday evening in Lilongwe.
While details remain sketchy, Mhango told local media this morning that Gondwe had a fruitful discussion with DPP members at his residence in Lilongwe, until around 8pm on Tuesday.
“He called us to talk about unity in the party and the direction that we need to take. I left around 8pm. However, I was called late in the evening around 10pm that he was not feeling well.
“We took him to Adventist Hospital, where doctors told us that he was already dead when he got there. We have lost a pillar and I am, speechless. He was a father to me,”says Mhango.
Gondwe served as a Cabinet Minister during the DPP administration both under late President Professor Bingu Wa Mutharika and immediate past President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika.
The University of London graduate held several local and international portfolios. Such include Acting President for the African Development Bank (ADB), Senior Advisor to the Managing Director for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Minister of Local Government and Chief Economic Advisor to former Malawi leader Dr Bakili Muluzi.
His track record shows that in 2008, Gondwe was voted Africa’s Finance Minister of the Year at the African Banker Awards held in Washington DC, USA
He hailed from Kayiwonanga Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Mtwalo in Mzimba.
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