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Stephen Masele | |
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1st Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament | |
In office May 2018 –2021 | |
Member of Parliament for Shinyanga Town | |
In office November 2010 –November 2020 | |
Preceded by | Dr. Charles Ogessa Mlingwa |
Succeeded by | Patrobas Katambi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 October 1979 |
Nationality | Tanzanian |
Political party | CCM |
Alma mater | Mwenge Secondary School Florida International University Harvard University Lund University University of Dar Es Salaam Morogoro TTC (Cert) University of Dar es Salaam |
Position(s) | CRO,Stanbic Bank TZ |
Stephen Julius Masele (MP) (born October 1,1979) is a Tanzanian Diplomat,Member of Parliament,global young politician and a former Investment Banker.
He served as the First Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP),an organ of the African Union based in South Africa,from May 2018 to 2021. [1] Elected in May 2018,he oversees Administration and Human Resources of the Continental Body among others. He also presides over the Pan-African Parliamentary Alliance on Food Security and Nutrition (PAP-FSN),a joint PAP-FAO project for Africa. He has been a member of the Pan-African Parliament since 2010. [2]
He is a former member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) based in Geneva,Switzerland and previously served as Deputy Minister of State in the Vice-President's Office as well as Deputy Minister of Energy and Minerals between 2012 and 2015. Masele spent a number of years working in the private sector in Tanzania including spells with Standard Chartered Bank,Stanbic Bank and Tigo Telecoms Company. [3] He is regarded to have extensive experience in Business,Public Office,African politics,International Affairs and Corporate Affairs.
A Fellow of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for the Young African Leaders since 2014,Masele has attended several post-graduate programs at Harvard University,Kennedy School of Government (2012),Florida International University (FIU) in USA,School of Public Management (2014). He graduated with a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship from the Lund University School of Economics in Sweden as well as a B.A in Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. [4]