The Ministry of East African Cooperation (MEAC) was a government ministry responsible for coordinating

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, and

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relations with the other countries of the

East African Community The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burundi, ...

. The ministry was created in 2006 by Government Notice No. 1. Its

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are located in

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

. The Minister for East African Cooperation is

Samuel Sitta Samuel John Sitta (18 December 1942 – 7 November 2016) was a Tanzanian Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Urambo District, Urambo East of Tabora Region . He was the List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Tan ...

.The Cabinet, The United Republic of Tanzania
/ref> The Ministry was merged into the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation is a government ministry of Tanzania. The ministry is headed by Liberata Mulamula, and its offices are located at Mtumba in Dodoma. History The ministry of foreign affairs was set up fo ...

under

John Magufuli John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) was the fifth president of Tanzania, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021. He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015 and wa ...

's cabinet.

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* East African Cooperation East African Community Tanzania, East African Cooperation 2006 establishments in Tanzania {{Tanzania-gov-stub

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