Halima Daud

Halima Alima Daud is a Malawian politician and Malawi deputy health minister until January 2025. She was not re-elected in the 2025 general election.

Life Daud was born in southern Malawi in Nsanje.

She is based in Dowa when 21% of the MPs were women. She lost her Dowa South East constituency seat in 2014.

She stood for re-election in the 2019 Malawian general election for her former parliamentary seat with the support of the Malawi Congress Party. Five MPs in Dowa failed to be re-elected but Daud and fellow former deputy minister Abel Kayembe both won back their seats. She was one of several Muslim women parliamentarians which included Abida Mia, Aisha Adams, Mwalone Jangiya and Esther Majaza.

In July 2020 President Lazarus Chakwera appointed Khumbize Chiponda as minister of health. Khumbize Chiponda's appointment prompted some accusations of favouritism and nepotism. Daud was one of eight appointed deputy ministers. Chrissie Kanyasho was the deputy at the ministry of health and Daud was assigned to the Ministry of Local Government. In January 2024 she was looking at the effects of giving micro grants as used in Rwanda. At the end of 2024 she spent a week assisting experts who were assessing the overall capabilities of Malawi's health system. This was the second "Joint External Examination" and medical leads were being encouraged to assist. Malawi had faced circumstances that had challenged the medical facilities and this was on top of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was intended to identify areas where further work was required.

In the 2025 general election, Daud, stood in the Dowa South East constituency. She was beaten by Hope Tionge Zamba who was an independent candidate who attracted over 26,000 votes. Daud had beaten Zamba in the primaries, but Zamba had defied the DPP's choice to win without a party's support.