United Republic of Tanzania

Political office-holders

Our database contains 910 politicians connected with Tanzania.

Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President1--
President of Tanzania11-
Prime Minister1--
Prime Minister of Tanzania171
Vice President1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister for Agriculture1--
Minister for Communication & Information Technology1--
Minister for Community Development, Gender, Women, & Special Groups1--
Minister for Defense & National Service1--
Minister for Education, Science, & Technology1--
Minister for Energy121
Minister for Finance1--
Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania1--
Minister for Health13-
Minister for Industry & Trade1--
Minister for Information & Communications Technology1--
Minister for Information, Culture, Arts, & Sports1--
Minister for Land, Housing, & Human Settlements Development12-
Minister for Livestock & Fisheries1--
Minister for Transport1--
Minister for Water1--
Minister for Works1--
Minister of Agriculture-43
Minister of Communication, Science and Technology-21
Minister of Community Development and Gender--1
Minister of Constitutional and Legal Affairs17-
Minister of Defence of Tanzania-61
Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training-11
Minister of Energy and Minerals-1-
Minister of Finance-26
Minister of Foreign Affairs-5-
Minister of Home Affairs132
Minister of Industry and Trade-4-
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment-21
Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports-5-
Minister of Internal Affairs of Tanzania-13
Minister of Investment-1-
Minister of Livestock and Fisheries-1-
Minister of Minerals12-
Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism12-
Minister of State in the President's Office-41
Minister of State in the President's Office for Planning & Investment1--
Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service Management & Good Governance1--
Minister of State in the President’s Office for Youth Development1--
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office-31
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Labor, Employment, & Industrial Relations1--
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Coordination, & Persons with Disabilities1--
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office for Regional Administration & Local Government1--
Minister of State in the Vice President's Office for Union Affairs & Environment1--
Minister of State in the Vice-President's Office--1
Minister of Water and Irrigation-13
Minister of Works, Transport and Communications-3-
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the National Assembly--739
National securityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Chief of Defence Force of Tanzania--1
Central banking and financial integrityCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Governor of the Bank of Tanzania-1-
Governor, Central Bank1--
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Algerian Ambassador to Tanzania--1
ambassador of Angola to Tanzania--1
ambassador of Denmark to Tanzania-11
ambassador of France to Tanzania-21
ambassador of Germany to Tanzania-21
ambassador of Indonesia to Tanzania--1
ambassador of Ireland to Tanzania-1-
ambassador of Japan to Tanzania-5-
ambassador of Libya to Tanzania--1
Ambassador of Palestine to Tanzania-21
ambassador of Romania to Tanzania--1
Ambassador of Spain to Tanzania-21
ambassador of Tanzania--1
ambassador of Zimbabwe to Tanzania--1
Ambassador to the US1--
Apostolic Nuncio to Tanzania-13
High Commissioner of Mozambique to Tanzania-43
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Tanzania-4-
High Commissioner to Canada1--
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--
United States Ambassador to Tanzania-11

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both of political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not.

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