This celebrity goo was created by player Samir Mehta.
Scott Hardie provided the gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Samir, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Saturday, October 25, 2014 (part of Fall 2014)

category: Government

clue: How can you go from being a law professor to a leader of a country in three years? Family connections help.

explanation: Mutharika left his job as a law school professor at Washington University to advise his brother as president of Malawi, then was elected to the position himself three years later. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, and Lori Lancaster


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