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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation is a
government ministry Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level executive bodies in the machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." ЭнциклоР...
of
Tanzania 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; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
. The ministry is headed by
Liberata Mulamula Liberata Mulamula, ''née'' Rutageruka (born 1956) is a Tanzania, Tanzanian diplomat and politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Community, East African Cooperation from April 2021 to October 2022. She was appoint ...
, and its offices are located at
Mtumba Mtumba is an administrative ward in the Dodoma Urban district of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the ...
in
Dodoma Dodoma ( in Gogo), officially Dodoma City, is the national capital of Tanzania and the capital of the Dodoma Region, with a population of 410,956. In 1974, the Tanzanian government announced that the capital would be moved to Dodoma for social a ...
.


History

The ministry of foreign affairs was set up following
Tanganyika Tanganyika may refer to: Places * Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state * Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania * Tanzania Main ...
n independence in 1961, but until 1963, it was a department of the prime minister's office with
Oscar Kambona Oscar Salathiel Kambona (1925-1997) was the first Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tanganyika. He was arguably the second-most influential and most popular leader in the country after President Julius Nyerere. Kambona was born on 13 August 15 on ...
as the first minister. The ministry of external affairs was created in 1964 with Stephen Mhando as its first minister. The name of the ministry has been changed three times since 1975, first to foreign affairs and then to the Ministry Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
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 ...
merged the
Ministry of East African Cooperation The Ministry of East African Cooperation (MEAC) was a government ministry responsible for coordinating Tanzania's political, economic, military, social, and cultural relations with the other countries of the East African Community. The ministry w ...
into the department, renaming it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation.


List of Ministers


See also

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List of heads of missions of Tanzania This is a list of current Heads of Tanzania Missions abroad. Resident heads of mission See also *List of diplomatic missions of Tanzania *Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation (Tanzania) References {{Reflist heads of m ...
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List of diplomatic missions of Tanzania This is a list of diplomatic missions of Tanzania, excluding honorary consulates. Africa Americas Asia Europe Multilateral organizations Gallery File:Embassy Tanzania in Berlin 01.jpg, Embassy in Berlin File:Bruxelles - Ambassade de Ta ...
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List of diplomatic missions in Tanzania This is a list of diplomatic missions in Tanzania. At present, 61 nations maintain diplomatic missions to Tanzania in Dar es Salaam, the former capital and the nation's largest city. Dodoma is the capital city. Many other countries have ambassa ...


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Tanzania 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; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
Foreign relations of Tanzania