Ministry of Defence and National Service (Tanzania)

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Ministry of Defence
and National Service
Wizara ya Ulinzi na
Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa (Swahili)
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Tanzania
Headquarters Dar es Salaam
Annual budget$808 million (2017) [1]
Minister responsible
Ministry executive
Website modans.go.tz

The Ministry of Defence and National Service (MODANS) is the government ministry of Tanzania that is responsible for defence and national service. [2]

Contents

The ministry was established as an independent ministry in November 1995. It was under the control of the office of Second Vice President from 1972 to 1989, and under the control of the office of the President of Tanzania from 1989 to November 1995. [3]

Ministers

References

  1. ↑ Tanzania hikes defence spending, Defenceweb
  2. ↑ "Historia Ya Wizara kwa Ufupi" [Brief History of the Ministry]. modans.go.tz (in Swahili). Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kuhusu Wizara | Wizara ya Ulinzi na Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa". www.modans.go.tz.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Historia ya Wizara". www.modans.go.tz. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07.
  5. ↑ Bidwell, Robin Leonard (1978). Guide to African ministers. London: R. Collings. ISBN   0860360644.
  6. 1 2 Ofcansky, Thomas P.; Yeager, Rodger (1997). Historical dictionary of Tanzania (2. ed.). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810832442.
  7. ↑ "Ministry of Defence & National Services - Tanzania". www.afdevinfo.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-24.
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