Stella Martin Manyanya (born 4 August 1962) is a

Tanzanian 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 ...

CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Nyasa constituency since 2010. In October 2017, she was appointed as a Deputy Minister of Industries, Trade and Investment.

Background and education

She attended Nambingi Primary School, for her first year of elementary school, from 1969 until 1970. She then transferred to Maguu Primary School, finishing her elementary education there in 1975. From 1976 to 1979, she attended Songea Girls Secondary School, in

Songea Songea is the capital of Ruvuma Region in southwestern Tanzania. It is located along the A19 road. The city has a population of approximately 203,309, and it is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea. Between 1905 and 1907, the cit ...

, for her Ordinary Level Secondary School studies. She has university qualifications in

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

, obtained from the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

and the

University of Dar es Salaam The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is a public university in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was established in 1961 as an affiliate college of the University of London. The university became an affiliate of the University of East Africa (UEA) in 1 ...

Work history

Her first job was at Pugu Kaolin Mines Limited (now known as STAMICO), where she worked as an electrical technician from 1983 until 1987. In 1992 to 2005, she worked as an Electrical Engineer, for

Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited The Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) is a Tanzanian parastatal organisation established in 1964. It is wholly owned by the government of Tanzania. The Ministry of Energy and Minerals regulates the operations of TANESCO. Its bu ...

(TANESCO), the Tanzania electricity

monopoly A monopoly (from Greek language, Greek el, μόνος, mónos, single, alone, label=none and el, πωλεῖν, pōleîn, to sell, label=none), as described by Irving Fisher, is a market with the "absence of competition", creating a situati ...

, responsible for

electricity generation Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy. For electric utility, utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its Electricity delivery, delivery (Electric power transmi ...

electricity transmission Electric power transmission is the bulk movement of electrical energy from a generating site, such as a power plant, to an electrical substation. The interconnected lines that facilitate this movement form a ''transmission network''. This is d ...

and

electricity distribution Electric power distribution is the final stage in the delivery of electric power; it carries electricity from the transmission system to individual consumers. Distribution substations connect to the transmission system and lower the transmissio ...

. At TENESCO, she supervised planning, line construction and operations.

Political career

She entered parliament in 2005 on the CCM political party ticket. During her first term in parliament, she served on the parliamentary committee on Investment, Energy and Minerals. She also served on the National Executive Committee (NEC) during that time-frame. She was reelected in 2010. During her second term, she served as the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on Industry and Trade, from 2010 until 2011. Also during the same term, she was a member of the parliamentary committee on constitutional affairs, good governance and local government. From 2011 until 2015, she concurrently served as the Regional Commissioner for

Rukwa Region Rukwa Region (''Mkoa wa Rukwa'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions with a postcode number 55000. The regional capital is the municipality of Sumbawanga. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population ...

. She also served as a member of the University Council of the University of Dar es Salaam, and as a member of the parliamentary committee on Defence and Security. She was re-elected to parliament for the third consecutive time in 2015. In 2015, she was appointed Deputy Ministry of Education, Technology and Vocational Training, serving in that capacity until October 2017 when she was appointed as a Deputy Minister for Industries and Trade.

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Tanzania
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Background and education

Work history

Political career

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