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.
The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika. The party was formed from the Tanganyika African Association by Julius Nyerere in July 1954 when he was teaching at St. Francis' College. From 1964 the party was called the Tanzania African National Union. In January 1977 the TANU merged with the ruling party in Zanzibar,the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP),to form the current Revolutionary State Party or Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). The policy of TANU was to build and maintain a socialist state aiming towards economic self-sufficiency and to eradicate corruption and exploitation,with the major means of production and exchange under the control of the peasants and workers.
Aman Walid A. Kabourou was a Tanzanian politician.
Edward Ngoyai Lowassa was a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 2005 to 2008,serving under President Jakaya Kikwete. Lowassa went into record as the first Prime Minister to have been forced to resign by a fraud scandal in the history of Tanzania. Following his resignation President Kikwete was obliged to dissolve his cabinet as required by the Constitution and with minimum delay,constituted a new one under a new Prime Minister,Mizengo Pinda.
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is a sub-organ of the larger East African Community,being the legislative arm of the Community. Members are sworn into five-year terms.
Stephen Masato Wasira is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bunda constituency since 2005. He was the Minister of State in the President's Office for Social Relations and Coordination since 2010.
Bernard Kamilius Membe was a Tanzanian politician. He served as a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania from 2007 to 2015. He also served as a Member of Parliament for Mtama constituency from 2000 to 2015.
Hamisi Andrea Kigwangalla is a Tanzanian politician for the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party and Member of Parliament for the Nzega constituency since 2010. After 2015,the Nzega constituency was split,and as a result,he took over as a member of parliament for the newly formed Nzega Rural following the 2015 general elections.
January Yusuf Makamba is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bumbuli constituency since 2010.
Ambassador Nusura TIPERU is a Ugandan diplomat,politician with vast experience as a National and East African legislator. She served as the first National Female Youth Member of the Ugandan Parliament after the promulgation of the 1995 Constitution.
Margaret Nantongo Zziwa is a Ugandan politician and legislator. She served as the Speaker of the 3rd East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in Arusha,Tanzania. She was elected to serve in that capacity in June 2012. She was impeached and voted out of office on 17 December 2014,on the basis of misconduct and abuse of office,but was later awarded compensation for illegal removal.
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.
Abdullah Ali Hassan Mwinyi is Tanzanian CCM politician,an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and High Court of Zanzibar.
General elections were held in Tanzania on 25 October 2015. Voters elected the president,members of Parliament,and local government councillors. By convention,the election was held on the last Sunday of October and was supervised by the National Electoral Commission (NEC). Political campaigns commenced on 22 August and ceased a day before the elections.
Fred Mukasa Mbidde is a Ugandan lawyer,human-rights activist,mass communication specialist,motivational speaker and politician. He is an elected member of the 3rd East African Legislative Assembly (EALA),representing the Republic of Uganda. He has been in this office since June 2012. He serves on three EALA committees:the Committee on Communication,Trade and Investments;the Committee on Legal,Rules and Privileges;and the Committee on Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution. He is the chairperson of the Committee on Communication,Trade and Investments.
Daniel Fred Kidega is a Ugandan politician and former Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly,in office from December 2014 until June 2017. As of August 2020,he served as the chairman of Atiak Sugar Factory,in Amuru District,in which the Uganda government owned 40 percent shareholding.
The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential primaries,2015 took place in July 2015 to determine CCM's nominee for the Presidency of Tanzania for the 2015 election. The Chama Cha Mapinduzi is the country's dominant ruling party,and the longest reigning ruling party in Africa.
The Arusha Declaration Monument is a landmark monument and tourist attraction located in Kati ward in Arusha,Tanzania. It was unveiled in 1977 by the nation's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party to commemorate ten years of the Arusha Declaration. It is situated along Makongoro Road at the centre of the roundabout.
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.
Leontine Nzeyimana is a Burundian politician who has served as Minister of East African Community Affairs,in the Office of the President of Burundi,effective 8 May 2012. She is a member of the Burundian cabinet. Prior to that,from August 2011 until May 2012,she was the elected Member of Parliament for the Province of Makamba.
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