Damas Daniel Ndumbaro | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports | |
| Assumed office 1 September 2023 | |
| President | Samia Suluhu |
| Preceded by | Pindi Chana |
| Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice | |
| In office 1 April 2022 –31 August 2023 | |
| President | Samia Suluhu |
| Preceded by | George Simbachawene |
| Succeeded by | Pindi Chana |
| Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism | |
| In office 5 December 2020 –1 April 2022 | |
| President | John Magufuli |
| Preceded by | Hamisi Kigwangalla |
| Succeeded by | Pindi Chana |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office November 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Leonidas Gama |
| Constituency | Songea Urban 2020-present Nominated 2017-2020 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 June 1971 Songea,Tanzania |
| Political party | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
| Alma mater | UDSM,Open University of Tanzania |
Damas Daniel Ndumbaro (born 14 June 1971) is a Tanzanian politician,lawyer and cabinet Minister of Culture,Arts and Sports.
He was a Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism and a politician who presently serves as a Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Member of Parliament for Songea Urban constituency for the second term since 2015. Also,he was the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority since March 2013. [1] [2] He was an Advocate and a Lecturer of law at the Open University of Tanzania before joining politics and won a majority vote election in Songea Urban constituency under the ruling party CCM.
In 2018,he was appointed by President John Magufuli,as the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation. [3] In December 2020,after the 2020 general election,in Magufuli's 2nd cabinet,he was appointed the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism. [4] He continued in this docket following the death of Magufuli. However,in April 2022 he was made the new Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice in Samia Suluhu's cabinet. [5] On 1 September 2023,following Samia Suluhu's cabinet reshuflle,he assumed a new post as Minister of Culture,Arts and Sports. [6]