Ahmed Hassan Diria (July 13, 1937 – March 13, 2005) was a Somali

Tanzania 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 ...

n politician and diplomat. He was born in Raha Leo,

Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...

and was educated in local primary and secondary schools. He started working in government service in 1954, with a three-year period of study at the College of Philosophy in

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. Following the

Zanzibar Revolution The Zanzibar Revolution () occurred in January 1964 and led to the overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar and his mainly Arab government by local Africans. Zanzibar was an ethnically diverse state consisting of a number of islands off the east co ...

of 1964, he was appointed the area commissioner for Pemba. He remained in this position until 1965, when he joined the Tanzanian foreign service. He was the ambassador to Congo from 1970 to 1972; the high commissioner of New Delhi, India from 1971 to 1978; the ambassador to Japan from 1979 to 1984; and the ambassador to Germany in 1984. After his foreign service, he moved back to Tanzania to become a member of parliament and held various positions as minister.Tanzanian Affairs » OBITUARIES
/ref> In 1989 he joined the Tanzanian cabinet, serving as minister of information and broadcasting from 1989 to 1994, and

foreign minister A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

from 1990 to 1993. Meanwhile, he was elected to Parliament from Raha Leo and served in Parliament until his death. He died in a hospital in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

References

1937 births 2005 deaths Zanzibari people Tanzanian Muslims Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs Foreign ministers of Tanzania Members of the National Assembly (Tanzania) Ambassadors of Tanzania to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ambassadors of Tanzania to Egypt High Commissioners of Tanzania to India Ambassadors of Tanzania to Japan Ambassadors of Tanzania to Germany {{Tanzania-politician-stub