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Sidik Mia was elected a Member of
Parliament for Chikwawa-Nkombedzi constituency in May 2004 in Malawi's southern district of Chikwawa and was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Food Security in June 2004. In 2005 he was in turn Deputy Minister of Mines, Natural Resources and
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Apart from being a
Politician, Hon. Sidik Mia also loved being with people from all walks of life. He paid for educational fees for many underprivileged students and also assisted a lot of vulnerable citizens through his charity program. He was also a religious person, a very devout Muslim.
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Minister of Transport and Public works and Minister of irrigation and Water Development. He held this last position from September 2005 until March 2009. Mia was reelected in the May 2009 general elections on the
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Sidik Mia's Father, Abdul Wahab Sidik Mia was born in Nsanje, Marka. Business tycoon and philanthropist, he had been influential in the politics of
Nyasaland and later on Malawi (mostly in the lower shire and later on nationwide).
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National Governing Council of the Democratic Progress Party, of which Mia was a senior member, had resolved to contend to the Supreme Court that Joyce Banda was ineligible to succeed Mutharika as President.
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ticket. In the cabinet that became effective on 15 June 2009, he was appointed
Minister of National Defense. After the cabinet reshuffle of 9 August 2010, he became Minister of Transport and Public Infrastructure.
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