The Kikwete Cabinet was formed by
President
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Jakaya Kikwete after taking the
oath of office
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on 21 December 2005. Kikwete had won a
landslide victory
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in the
2005 presidential election receiving 80.2 percent of the popular vote. His inaugural cabinet had seven women ministers, the highest in the nation's history.
First term
Inaugural Cabinet
Kikwete's first appointment was
Johnson Mwanyika as Attorney General. Mwanyika was sworn in on 24 December 2005.
Edward Lowassa
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National Assembly
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. He was sworn in on 30 December 2005; the same day President Kikwete inaugurated the 9th Parliament. The inaugural cabinet ministers took oath of office on 6 January 2006.
First reshuffle
President Kikwete made his first
cabinet reshuffle
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in October 2006 which resulted in ten ministers swapping their portfolios. The
energy crisis at the time may have necessitated the President's decision.
Changes
*
Juma Akukweti died on 4 January 2007. He was seriously injured when the small aircraft he was travelling en route to
Dar es Salaam
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crashed in
Mbeya shortly after takeoff.
*
Asha-Rose Migiro was appointed by
Ban Ki-moon
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as the
Deputy Secretary-General of the
United Nations
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on 5 January 2007. She was succeeded by Bernard Membe, the Deputy Minister of Energy and Minerals.
Second reshuffle
Changes
Attorney General
Johnson Mwanyika was succeeded by Frederick Werema in 2009.
Second term
November 2010 – May 2012
May 2012 – January 2014
January 2014–January 2015
Changes
*Attorney General Frederick Werema resigned on 16 December 2014 after he was accused of authorizing the transfer of about $120 million from a controversial escrow account.
Werema stated that his advice had been misunderstood.
He was replaced by George Masaju.
*On 22 December 2014, President Kikwete sacked Lands Minister Anna Tibaijuka over a $1 million donation for a school that she received in her personal account. Tibaijuka denied any wrongdoing and insisted that she presented the funds to the school.
January–November 2015
Deputy Ministers
References
External links
Government website
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2006 establishments in Tanzania
Cabinets established in 2006