Cabinet of Tanzania

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The Cabinet of Tanzania is the most senior level of the executive branch of Tanzania and consists of the President, Vice President, President of Zanzibar, Prime Minister and all the Ministers. [1] Deputy Ministers are not part of the cabinet.

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Current Cabinet

Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg
Cabinet of Samia Suluhu Hassan July 2024–present [2]
IncumbentOffice(s)Took office
Samia Suluhu Hassan in May 2017.jpg Samia Suluhu Hassan President
Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces
19 March 2021
(3 years ago)
 (2021-03-19)
Philip Mpango 2024 (cropped).jpg Philip Mpango Vice-President of Tanzania 31 March 2021
(3 years ago)
 (2021-03-31)
Hussein Mwinyi.jpg Hussein Mwinyi President of Zanzibar
(Semi-autonomous region)
3 November 2020
(3 years ago)
 (2020-11-03)
Kassim Majaliwa.jpg Kassim Majaliwa Prime Minister 20 November 2015
(8 years ago)
 (2015-11-20)
Doto Biteko Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Energy
1 September 2023
(10 months ago)
 (2023-09-01)
Hussein Bashe Minister of Agriculture 10 January 2022
(2 years ago)
 (2022-01-10)
Dorothy Gwajima Minister of Community Development & Gender10 January 2022
(2 years ago)
 (2022-01-10)
Pindi Chana Minister of Constitutional and Legal Affairs 1 September 2023
(10 months ago)
 (2023-09-01)
Damas Ndumbaro Minister for Culture, Arts, and Sports1 September 2023
(10 months ago)
 (2023-09-01)
Deputy Secretary Sherman Meets with Tanzanian Foreign Minister Tax (52563815814) (cropped).jpg Stergomena Tax Minister of Defence and National Service 1 September 2023
(10 months ago)
 (2023-09-01)
Adolf Mkenda Minister for Education, Science and Technology10 January 2022
(2 years ago)
 (2022-01-10)
Mwigulu Nchemba.jpg Mwigulu Nchemba Minister of Finance 31 March 2021
(3 years ago)
 (2021-03-31)
Mahmoud Thabit Kombo.jpg Mahmoud Thabit Kombo Minister of Foreign Affairs 26 July 2024
(2 days ago)
 (2024-07-26)
Ummy Mwalimu.jpg Ummy Mwalimu Minister of Health10 January 2022
(2 years ago)
 (2022-01-10)
Hamad Masauni Minister of Home Affairs 10 January 2022
(2 years ago)
 (2022-01-10)
Selemani Jafo Minister for Industry and Trade5 July 2024
(23 days ago)
 (2024-07-05)
Jerry Silaa Minister for Information and Communications Technology26 July 2024
(2 days ago)
 (2024-07-26)
Deogratius Ndejembi Minister for Lands, Housing, and Human Settlements Development 26 July 2024
(2 days ago)
 (2024-07-26)
Abdallah Ulega Minister of Livestock and Fisheries 27 February 2023
(17 months ago)
 (2023-02-27)
Anthony Mavunde Minister of Minerals 1 September 2023
(10 months ago)
 (2023-09-01)
Angellah Kairuki.jpg Angellah Kairuki Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism 1 September 2023
(10 months ago)
 (2023-09-01)
Makame Mbarawa IAEA.png Makame Mbarawa Minister of Transport1 September 2023
(10 months ago)
 (2023-09-01)
Jumaa Aweso Minister of Water 5 December 2020
(3 years ago)
 (2020-12-05)
Bashungwa.jpg Innocent Bashungwa Minister of Works1 September 2023
(10 months ago)
 (2023-09-01)
Minister of State in the President's Office
Mohamed Mchengerwa Regional Administration and Local Government (TATISEMI)
Kitila Mkumbo Planning and Investment14 July 2023
(12 months ago)
 (2023-07-14)
George Simbachawene Public Service Management and Good Governance
George Mkuchika.jpg George Mkuchika Minister without portfolio
Minister of State in the Vice-President's Office
Ashatu Kijaji (born 1976) at WEF Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development, 2024.png Ashatu Kijaji Union Affairs and Environment5 July 2024
(23 days ago)
 (2024-07-05)
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
Ridhiwani Kikwete Labour, Youth, Employment & Persons with Disability26 July 2024
(2 days ago)
 (2024-07-26)
Jenista Mhagama Policy, Parliamentary Affairs & Coordination
Also attending Cabinet meetings (excluding voting rights)
Eliezer Feleshi Attorney General 13 September 2021
(2 years ago)
 (2021-09-13)

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References

  1. "Cabinet of Tanzania". tanzania.go.tz. May 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  2. "Cabinet". Tanzania Invest. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.