Joseph Sinde Warioba (born September 3, 1940) served as

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from 1985 to 1990. Furthermore, he served concurrently as the country's

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. He has also served as a judge on the

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, and as chairman of the

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since 2012. He was born in Bunda, Tanzania. He graduated from the

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, Tanzania in 1966. From 1966 to 1968, he served as state attorney in Dar es Salaam, and from 1968 to 1970, as solicitor for the City Council. In 1970, he graduated from

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. From 1976 to 1983, he served as the attorney general of Tanzania. From 1983 until his election as prime minister, he served as minister of justice. Following his tenure as prime minister, he served as a judge on the

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from 1996 to 1999. Furthermore, in 1996, President

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appointed him as chairman of the Presidential Commission Against Government Corruption, better known as the

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. Warioba was chosen to lead the

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Observer Group in the April 2007 Nigerian elections. He gave a positive assessment of the elections, deeming them to be progress while also saying that there were irregularities."Warioba says Nigerian polls free and fair"
dailynews-tsn.com, May 3, 2007. Warioba was appointed in November 2016 by the

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as the Chancellor of

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in Morogoro, Tanzania.

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