Sosten Gwengwe

Sosten Gwengwe (born 20 May 1977) is a Malawian politician who served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Republic of Malawi from January 30, 2022 until his replacement in October 2023.

[1][2] Gwengwe was first elected to Parliament in 2009 as a member of the Malawi Congress Party, but announced on August 31, 2011 that he was switching to the Democratic Progressive Party because the MCP "had nothing to offer to the country" and the DPP under President Bingu wa Mutharika had a "clear vision of developing the country".

[4] Gwengwe is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA) and has worked in both public and private sector.

He is also a holder of Master of Business Administration (Finance) from Oxford Brookes University of the United Kingdom.

In 2022 he was serving as Minister of Finance after being promoted in a February Cabinet Reshuffle by President Lazarus Chakwera.