Catherine Gotani Hara is a Malawian politician who has been the Speaker of the National Assembly since June 2019, the first woman to hold the position.

Gotani Hara attended Kamuzu Academy,[1] and has a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Chancellor College at the University of Malawi.

[1] From 1998 to 2000, she completed professional postgraduate training in International Development and Project Planning and Management Brighton.

[1][4][2][3][5] Gotani Hara was a Programme Officer for the UK's Department of International Development,[4] the first Malawian to be recruited to that level.

[3] Gotani Hara was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mzimba North East[6] in 2009, representing the Democratic Progressive Party.