The politics of Tanzania takes place in a framework of a unitary presidential democratic republic,whereby the President of Tanzania is both head of state and head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The party system is dominated by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
Elections in Tanzania occur on both the local and national levels. The local government holds elections for street or village chair people. General elections at the national level elect the President and the members of the National Assembly. The president is elected for a five-year term.
Aman Walid A. Kabourou was a Tanzanian politician.
Amaan Stadium is a stadium in Zanzibar,Tanzania. The stadium holds 15,000 people.
Cyril August Chami was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for the Moshi Rural constituency from 2005 to 2015.
Anthony Mwandu Diallo is a Tanzanian politician who served in the National Assembly of Tanzania,representing Ilemela constituency,from 1995 until October 2010 general elections when he lost to a Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) candidate.
Samuel John Sitta was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Urambo East of Tabora Region. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from December 2005 to 2010 and Minister of East African Cooperation from 2010 to 2015.
The Chama Cha Mapinduzi is the dominant ruling party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in Africa,only after the True Whig Party of Liberia. It was formed in 1977,following the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) and the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP),which were the sole operating parties in mainland Tanzania and the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar respectively.
Kassim Majaliwa Majaliwa is a Tanzanian politician who has been Prime Minister of Tanzania since 2015. He was appointed by President John Magufuli after the 2015 general election. He is a member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and has been a Member of Parliament for Ruangwa
Charles Makongoro Nyerere is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a retired army officer of the Tanzania People's Defence Force. He is currently serving as a member of the East African Legislative Assembly.
Jokate Mwegelo is a Tanzanian politician and Secretary General of the Chama cha Mapinduzi’s Women’s Wing (UWT).
Dr. Susan Kolimba is a Tanzanian academic and politician belonging to the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. She served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation up to September 26,2018. She is a one-term Member of Parliament having been appointed to a special seat reserved for women.
Subira Khamis Mgalu is a Tanzanian politician and member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) who serves as the current Deputy Minister of Energy.
Anthony Peter Mavunde is a Tanzanian politician who has been a member of the ruling party CCM since 2006. He is the current Minister of Minerals and a Member of Parliament.
Jumaa Aweso is a Tanzanian politician and a member of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 2012. He has been a Member of Parliament representing the Pangani Constituency in Tanga Region since 2015. He is the current Minister for Water and Irrigation.
Margaret Simwanza Sitta is a Tanzanian Chama Cha Mapinduzi politician elected as a member of parliament for Urambo,serving from 2015 to 2020. She previously served as Minister of Education and Vocational Training as well as Minister of Community Development,Gender and Children. Prior to joining politics,she worked as a teacher in government schools.
Innocent Lugha Bashungwa is a Tanzanian politician who has served as the Minister of Works in Tanzania since 2023. He previously served as Minister of Information,Culture,Arts and Sports,Minister of Defence and a Minister of State in the President's Office in Tanzania and is a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi political party. He was elected MP representing Karagwe in 2015.
Adolf Faustine Mkenda is a Tanzanian Minister of Education,Science,and Technology,having previously served as Minister of Agriculture. An associate professor of Economics at the University of Dar es Salaam and a politician who presently serves as a Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Member of Parliament for Rombo constituency since November 2020.
Daniel Godfrey Chongolo is a Tanzanian politician and current Secretary General of Chama Cha Mapinduzi political party in Tanzania,appointed by Samia Suluhu into office in April 30,2021. Before his appointment,he was a civil servant in Kinondoni District as District Commissioner in Dar es Salaam,and also served as a Commissioner in Longido District,Arusha Region.
Tatu Mussa Ntimizi is a former Member of Parliament in the Tanzanian National Assembly who represented the constituency of Igalula in the Uyui District of the Tabora Region. She is a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi revolutionary party.
