Esther Mcheka Chilenje

Esther Mcheka Chilenje is a Malawian politician from the Democratic Progressive Party. She was MP for Nsanje North from 2014 to 2021.

Career
Mcheka Chilenje served as Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations.

She was elected to Parliament in the 2014 general election and served as deputy speaker. On 19 June 2019, Catherine Gotani Hara was elected the first female Speaker of the National Assembly, with 97 votes to 93, over Mcheka Chilenje. She was defeated in a by-election in 2021.