{{Short description|Malawian politician, First Lady from (2014–2020; since 2025)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Gertrude Maseko | honorific_suffix = | image = Gertrude Maseko (2).jpeg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Maseko in 2018 | order = | office = First Lady of Malawi | term_label = Assumed role | term_start = 4 October 2025 | president = Peter Mutharika | predecessor = Monica Chakwera | office2 = | term_label2 = In role | term_start2 = 21 June 2014 | term_end2 = 28 June 2020 | president2 = Peter Mutharika | predecessor2 = Richard Banda | successor2 = Monica Chakwera | office3 = Member of Parliament for <br /> Balaka North constituency | term_start3 = 2009 | term_end3 = 2014 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = Lucius Banda | birth_date = {{circa}} {{birth year and age|1961}} | birth_place = | birth_name = | party = Democratic Progressive Party | spouse = {{Marriage|Peter Mutharika|2014}} | relations = | children = Tadikira Mafubza {{small|(from first marriage)}}<ref name=nyasa>{{cite news |date=2014-06-21 |title=Here comes the bride: Malawi First Lady Gertrude |url=http://www.nyasatimes.com/2014/06/21/here-comes-the-bride-malawi-first-lady-gertrude/ |newspaper=Nyasa Times |access-date=2014-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624023146/http://www.nyasatimes.com/2014/06/21/here-comes-the-bride-malawi-first-lady-gertrude/ |archive-date=2014-06-24 }}</ref> | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Nurse<ref name=mwnation>{{cite news|date=2014-06-21 |title=Meet the bride |url=http://mwnation.com/meet-bride-president-proposed-marry-elections/ |newspaper=The Nation (Malawi) |access-date=2014-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142839/http://mwnation.com/meet-bride-president-proposed-marry-elections/ |archive-date=2014-08-12 }}</ref> | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | blank1 = | data1 = }}
'''Gertrude Hendrina Maseko''' (born c. 1961) is a former member of the national assembly and the current First Lady of Malawi.
Maseko originates from the village of Kapasule in Balaka District.<ref name=nyasa/> She was educated at St Mary's Secondary School in Zomba.<ref>Evance Chisiano, [https://www.nyasatimes.com/first-lady-hold-fundraising-luncheon-for-beautify-malawi-at-zomba-state-house/ First Lady hold fundraising for Beautify Malawi at Zomba State House], 29 July 2018. Accessed 10 January 2021.</ref> She was a member of the National Assembly for the DPP between 2009 and 2014, having been elected in the 2009 general elections.<ref name=mwnation/> She married President Peter Mutharika on 21 June 2014.<ref>{{cite news |date=2014-06-21 |title=Mutharika weds partner in colourful ceremony |url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/mutharika-weds-partner-in-colourful-ceremony-1.1706988#.U6WYm_RDuSo |publisher=Independent Online (South Africa) |access-date=2014-06-21 }}</ref>
==Notable works== Gertrude started a movement called Beautify Malawi Trust,<ref>{{cite web |title=First Lady establishes Beautify Malawi Trust |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/first-lady-establishes-beautify-malawi-trust/ |website=Nyasa Times |date=12 July 2014 |access-date=24 November 2025}}</ref> which is aimed at keeping the cities around Malawi clean and litter free.<ref>{{cite web |title=First Lady says Beautify Malawi Trust to support women economic empowerment |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/first-lady-says-beautify-malawi-trust-to-support-women-economic-empowerment/ |website=Nyasa Times |date=23 August 2015 |access-date=24 November 2025}}</ref> This also created employment for several people.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
In 2018 Jean Kalilani who was the Minister for gender, disability and social welfare organised celebrations for International Women's Day involving the first lady and concentrating on women in the countryside.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Nyasa Times |date=2018-03-07 |title=Malawi to comemorate international women's day on 8 March - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi |url=https://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi-comemorate-international-womens-day-8-march/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=www.nyasatimes.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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