Edwin Mtei
The Minister of Finance is the head of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (Tanzania), Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Government of Tanzania. List of Ministers The following have served the ministry: ; Parties References {{TZ Ministers Finance Ministers of Tanzania, * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mwigulu Nchemba
Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba (born 7 January 1975) is a Tanzanian economist and Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM politician, who serves as the elected Member of Parliament for Iramba, Iramba West Constituency since 2010. On 31 March 2021, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Samia Siluhu appointed him as the Minister of Finance (Tanzania), Minister of Finance and Planning, replacing Philip Mpango, who was elevated to the position of Vice President of Tanzania. Before his current appointment, he served as the Minister of Law and Constitutional Afairs in the Tanzanian Cabinet, since May 2020. Background and education Nchemba was born on 7 January 1975 in Iramba District, in the Singida Region of Tanzania. He attended Makunda Primary School, then transferred to Iboru Secondary School for his middle school education. He completed his A-Level schooling at Mazengo Scondary School, graduating in 2000 with the equivalent of a High School Diploma. In 2001 he was admitted to the University of Dar es Salaam, g ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Ali Hassan Mwinyi (born 8 May 1925) is a Tanzanian politician, who served as the second President of the United Republic of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995. Previous posts include Interior Minister and Vice President. He also was chairman of the ruling party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 1990 to 1996. During Mwinyi's terms, Tanzania took the first steps to reverse the socialist policies of Julius Nyerere. He relaxed import restrictions and encouraged private enterprise. It was during his second term that multi-party politics were introduced under pressure for reform from foreign and domestic sources. Often referred to as Mzee Rukhsa ("Everything goes"), he pushed for liberalization of morals, beliefs, values (without breaking the law) and the economy. Early life Mwinyi was born and raised in the village of Kivure, Pwani Region. He then moved to Zanzibar and got his primary education at Mangapwani Primary School in Mangapwani, Zanzibar West Region. Mwinyi then attended Mikind ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Magufuli
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) was the fifth president of Tanzania, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021. He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015 and was chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2019 to 2020. First elected as a Member of Parliament in 1995, he served in the Cabinet of Tanzania as Deputy Minister of Works from 1995 to 2000, Minister of Works from 2000 to 2005, Minister of Lands and Human Settlement from 2006 to 2008, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries from 2008 to 2010, and as Minister of Works for a second time from 2010 to 2015. Running as the candidate of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the country's dominant party, Magufuli won the October 2015 presidential election and was sworn in on 5 November 2015; he was re-elected in 2020. He ran on a platform of reducing government corruption and spending while also investing in Tanzania's industries, but his ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Philip Mpango
Philip Isdor Mpango (born 14 July 1957) is a Tanzanian economist and politician who serves as the Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania. He was sworn into office on 31 March 2021, following unanimous consent of the Tanzanian Parliament, and having been nominated by President Samia Suluhu on 30 March 2021. Before that, he served as the Minister of Finance and Planning in the Tanzanian Cabinet, from March 2015 until 30 March 2021. Early life and education Mpango was born on 14 July 1957 in Tanzania's Kigoma Region. After attending primary and middle school locally, he transferred to Ihungo High School in Bukoba, where he completed his A-Level education, graduating with the equivalent of a high school diploma. Mpango studied at the University of Dar es Salaam, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Master of Arts degree, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree, all in Economics. He did some of his PhD course work at Lund University in Sweden. Early career Mpango previo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saada Salum
Saada Mkuya Salum (born 1975) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a nominated Member of Parliament. She is a former Minister of Finance. Early life and education She was educated at Lumumba Secondary School, and attained her Diploma in Business Studies from Stamford College in Malaysia. She graduated from The Open University of Tanzania in 2009 with a master's degree in Business and also attained her MBA from Heriot-Watt University. As of January 2014, she is pursuing her PhD PHD or PhD may refer to: * Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification Entertainment * '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series * ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic * Ph.D. (band), a 1980s British group ** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ... in business administration from The Open University of Tanzania. Political career She was nominated as a Member of Parliament by President Kikwete in May 2012 and subsequently appointed as the Deputy Minister of Finance. In January 2014, Salum succeeded Will ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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William Mgimwa
William Augustao Mgimwa (20 January 1950 – 1 January 2014) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Kalenga constituency from 2010 to 2014. He also served as Tanzania's Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2014. Early life and career He was educated at Mafinga Seminary and Tosamaganga Seminary schools. He thereafter joined The Institute of Finance Management and the Institute of Development Management (present day Mzumbe University) for his MBA in finance. He had worked at the National Bank of Commerce as an accountant and was the principal of the Bank of Tanzania Training Institute in Mwanza from 2000 to 2010. He was elected by a landslide in 2010 as the member of parliament for Kalenga constituency, receiving 31,421 votes (84.39%). In May 2012, President Jakaya Kikwete appointed him as the Minister of Finance. Death He died on 1 January 2014 at Kloof Medi-Clinic in Pretoria, South Africa where he was undergoing treatment. His body was repatriated to Dar es ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mustafa Mkulo
Mustafa Haidi Makunganya Mkulo (born 26 September 1946) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ... for Kilosa constituency 2005–2015. Graduate of the University of London with an MBA degree and he has been the Deputy Minister of Finance up until now References 1946 births Living people Tanzanian accountants Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs Tanzanian MPs 2005–2010 Tanzanian MPs 2010–2015 Finance Ministers of Tanzania Pugu Secondary School alumni Strathmore University alumni {{Tanzania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zakia Meghji
Zakia Hamdani Meghji (born 31 December 1946) is a Tanzanian Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ... politician who served as the first female Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2008. She was the first woman to hold this post. She also served as a Tourism minister, still the longest serving Tourism Minister in the country, who brought many positive changes in the Ministry. References 1946 births Living people Tanzanian Muslims Chama Cha Mapinduzi politicians Members of the National Assembly (Tanzania) Nominated Tanzanian MPs Finance Ministers of Tanzania Female finance ministers Women government ministers of Tanzania {{Tanzania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zakia Meghji, IMF 2007
Zakiya, Zakia, Zakiyah, Zakiyya or Zakieh may represent two different female given names of Arabic origin, namely ar, زكية (zakiat), meaning "pure", corresponding to the male name ''Zaki'', and ar, ذكيه (ḏakiyya), meaning "intelligent". Zakiah ( he, זַכִּיָה), also spelt Zakiya, Zakia, Zakiyah, or Zakayah,Hebrew Letters - Zakiya SarahLeah Hankes is a Hebrew female also meaning "pure". It may be used as a Hebrew equivalent of , owing to Katherine's supposed Greek derivation from ''kat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Basil Mramba
Basil Pesambili Mramba (15 May 1940 – 17 August 2021) was a Tanzanian CCM politician who served as Member of Parliament for the Rombo constituency from 2004 to 2014. Biography In 2015, he and former minister Daniel Yona were sentenced to three years' imprisonment for awarding an audit contract to UK firm Alex Stewart Assayers which meant its operations in Tanzania were exempt from tax. After seven months in prison, the remainder of Mramba's and Yona's sentence was commuted to community service. He died from complications of COVID-19 on 17 August 2021 in Dar es Salaam at the age of 81 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania The COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Tanzania in March .... References 1940 births 2021 deaths Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs Tanzanian MPs 2005–2010 Finan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniel Yona
Daniel Yona (born 3 May 1941) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a former Member of Parliament for Same East constituency. In 2015, he and former finance minister Basil Mramba Basil Pesambili Mramba (15 May 1940 – 17 August 2021) was a Tanzanian CCM politician who served as Member of Parliament for the Rombo constituency from 2004 to 2014. Biography In 2015, he and former minister Daniel Yona were sentenced to t ... were sentenced to three years' imprisonment for awarding an audit contract to UK firm Alex Stewart Assayers which meant its operations in Tanzania were exempt from tax. After seven months in prison, the remainder of Mramba's and Yona's sentence was commuted to community service. References 1941 births Living people Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs Tanzanian MPs 2005–2010 Finance Ministers of Tanzania Minaki Secondary School alumni Institute of Finance Management alumni Alumni of the University of Strathclyde {{Tanzania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Benjamin Mkapa
Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 193824 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM). Early life Mkapa was born in Lupaso, near Masasi District, Masasi, Tanganyika, on 12 November 1938. He graduated from Makerere University in Uganda in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He went on to study at Columbia University the following year, and earned a master's degree in International Affairs. Previous posts include being an administrative officer in Dodoma and the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education. Mkapa was the head of the Tanzanian mission to Canada in 1982 and to the United States in 1983–84. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1990, before meeting his best friend Edward Mwassaga. Presidency In 1995, Mkapa was elected as president based on a popular anti-corruption campaign and the strong ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |