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Biography
Saulos Klaus Chilima (born 12 February 1973) is a Malawian economist and politician who has been Vice-President of Malawi since June 2014. Before joining politics, Chilima held key leadership positions in various multi-national companies including Unilever, Coca-Cola and Airtel Malawi, where he rose to become Chief Executive Officer.
In February 2014, Saulos Chilima was announced as the running mate of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika for the May 2014 presidential election.
Education
Saulos Chilima attended the Marist Brothers Mtendere Secondary School Thiwi in the Dedza District. A devout Catholic, he holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Economics) degree and a Master of Science (Economics) degree, both from Chancellor College of the University of Malawi. On 10 August 2015, Chilima received his Ph.D in Knowledge Management from the University of Bolton in the United Kingdom.
Outreach
Besides the vice-presidency, Chilima is government minister for disaster relief and public events.
He is a member of the Leadership Council of Compact2025, a partnership that develops and disseminates evidence-based advice to politicians and other decision-makers aimed at ending hunger and undernutrition by 2025, and has written on the topic of malnutrition. He has spoken on sustainable and inclusive development and at international conferences on ending hunger.
He has shown himself an advocate of environmentalism and of physical fitness and sports participation, a stern critic of corruption in politics, and an active supporter of the Archdiocesan seminaries. As a student he was known as championing multi-party democracy.