Innocent Lugha Bashungwa (born May 5, 1979) is Minister of State in the President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) in Tanzania. He previously served as Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports and is a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi political party. He was elected MP representing

Karagwe Karagwe is one of the eight districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Uganda, to the east by the Bukoba Rural District, to the southeast by the Muleba District, to the south by the Ngara District and to the wes ...

in 2015.

Political career

He was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture by President John Magufuli on 10 November 2018. On November 13, 2018, he was sworn in as Deputy Minister. In June 2019,

Joseph Kakunda Joseph George Kakunda 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; Ken ...

was replaced by Innocent Bashungwa as the minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, he went on to serve at this docket for a year before the parliament was dissolved on June 16, 2020. In Magufuli's second cabinet, he was appointed as the Minister of Information, Culture, Artists and Sports. Following the January 2022 reshuffle of the

Suluhu Cabinet The Suluhu Cabinet was officially formed in Tanzania on 31 March 2021. Following the death of former president John Magufuli, Samia Suluhu Hassan the Vice President in the previous cabinet was sworn in as the new president. Within two weeks of her ...

, he assumed the position of the Minister of State in the President's Office.

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1978 births Living people Chama Cha Mapinduzi politicians Tanzanian MPs 2015–2020 Tanzanian MPs 2020–2025 {{Tanzania-politician-stub