International statesman, WUSTL scholar

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton congratulates A. Peter Mutharika, JSD, during his installation as the Charles Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law Sept. 14 in Anheuser-Busch Hall. Mutharika, an expert on international economic law, international law and comparative constitutional law, is on leave from the University serving his native country of Malawi. In June 2009, he was appointed to the presidential cabinet as minister of justice and constitutional affairs. In a recent election, he also won a seat in Malawi’s Parliament with 82 percent of the vote.