Juma Jamaldin Akukweti (September 20, 1947 – January 4, 2007) was a
Member of Parliament
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in the
National Assembly
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of
Tanzania
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. He represented
Tunduru
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District in parliament from 1990 until his death, as a member of
CCM. On December 28, 2005, he also became the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Prime Minister's Office.
Akukweti completed Form IV at
Songea Secondary School in 1969 where he was a schoolmate of
Godfrey Mwakikagile who finished his studies in Form IV in 1968. Akukweti went on for further studies at
Tabora High School where he completed his A-level education in 1971. He graduated from the
University of Dar es Salaam in 1975 with a BSc. (Honors) in
Education
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. In 1978 he received a diploma in Social Management from
ESAMI in
Arusha.
Akukweti was a tutor at the
National Transport Institute of Tanzania from 1975 through 1977, after which he served as the institute's dean of students until 1981. He then worked as an administrative manager at the
Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute until 1989, and co-ordinator and administrative manager at the
Morogoro Oil Processing Company (MOPROCO) from 1989 until his election to parliament in 1990.
On December 16, 2006, he was seriously injured when the small plane he was flying in crashed on take-off in the city of
Mbeya. He died on January 4, 2007, at
Milpark Hospital in
Johannesburg
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,
South Africa
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, due to injuries sustained in the plane crash and subsequent infections of his wounds.
Sources
Parliament of Tanzaniawebsite
Sunday Newsof Tanzania
Akukweti undergoes plastic surgery
1947 births
2007 deaths
Chama Cha Mapinduzi politicians
University of Dar es Salaam alumni
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