79 Notable alumni of
University of Dar es Salaam

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The University of Dar es Salaam is 1006th in the world, 21st in Africa, and 1st in Tanzania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 79 notable alumni from the University of Dar es Salaam sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Yoweri Museveni

    Yoweri Museveni
    Born in
    Uganda Flag Uganda
    Years
    1944-.. (age 82)
    Enrolled in the University of Dar es Salaam
    In 1970 studied jurisprudence, economics, and political science
    Occupations
    writermilitary personnelministerpolitician
    Biography

    Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa is a Ugandan politician and former military officer who has served as the president of Uganda since 1986. Born in Ntungamo, Uganda (then under British control), Museveni studied political science from the University of Dar es Salaam where he initiated the University Students' African Revolutionary Front. In 1972, he joined the failed invasion of Uganda against Idi Amin's dictatorship.

  2. John Magufuli

    John Magufuli
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1959-2021 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    chemistministerpolitician
    Biography

    John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was a Tanzanian politician who served as the country's fifth president, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021. He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015 and was chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2019 to 2020.

  3. Laurent-Désiré Kabila

    Laurent-Désiré Kabila
    Born in
    DR Congo Flag DR Congo
    Years
    1939-2001 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Laurent-Désiré Kabila usually known as Laurent Kabila or Kabila the Father (US: pronunciation), was a Congolese rebel and politician who served as the third president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassination in 2001.

  4. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete

    Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1950-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    economistmilitary personnelministerpolitician
    Biography

    Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015.

  5. John Garang

    John Garang
    Born in
    South Sudan Flag South Sudan
    Years
    1945-2005 (aged 60)
    Occupations
    partisanministerpolitician
    Biography

    John Garang De Mabior was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M, Now known as South Sudan People's Defense Forces) as a commander in chief during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He served as First Vice President of Sudan for three weeks, from the comprehensive peace agreement of 2005 until his death in a helicopter crash on July 30, 2005.

  6. Kassim Majaliwa

    Kassim Majaliwa
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    ministerteacherpolitician
    Biography

    Kassim Majaliwa Majaliwa is a Tanzanian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Tanzania from 2015 to 2025. He was appointed by President John Magufuli after the 2015 general election. He is a member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and has been a Member of Parliament for Ruangwa.

  7. Edward Lowassa

    Edward Lowassa
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1953-2024 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    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.

  8. Tundu Lissu

    Tundu Lissu
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu is a Tanzanian lawyer, CHADEMA politician, anti-corruption activist and former Member of Parliament for Singida East constituency between 2010 and 2020. He is the current chairman of CHADEMA, Tanzania's leading opposition political party.

  9. Asha-Rose Migiro

    Asha-Rose Migiro
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1956-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    ministerpoliticianlawyerdiplomatjurist
    Biography

    Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat who was the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2007 to 2012. She was appointed as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa on 13 July 2012.

  10. Jokate Mwegelo

    Jokate Mwegelo
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1988-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Jokate Mwegelo is a Tanzanian politician and Secretary General of the Chama cha Mapinduzi’s Youth Wing. Before being appointed, she was an entrepreneur and a media personality. In July 2018, the President of Tanzania Dr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli appointed Mwegelo as the new District Commissioner for Kisarawe district in Pwani region. She was then appointed as the District Commissioner for Temeke District in the Dar es Salaam Region in July 2021. Mwegelo was appointed by the President of Tanzania Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan as the District Commissioner for Korogwe District in the Tanga Region in January, 2023. She is a member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, previously serving as Secretary in charge of Public Relations and Mobilization of the UVCCM - youth wing of Chama Cha Mapinduzi.

  11. Tulia Ackson

    Tulia Ackson
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1976-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Tulia Ackson LL-Q7838 -Byera04-Tulia Ackson.wav (born 23 November 1976) is a Tanzanian politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from 2022 to 2025. She was appointed a Member of Parliament by President John Magufuli. On 27 October 2023, she is the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) through the meeting convened at Luanda Angola where she passed other contestants by a great margin.

  12. Ummy Mwalimu

    Ummy Mwalimu
    Years
    1973-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Ummy Ally Mwalimu is a Tanzanian politician belonging to the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. She is currently a Member of Parliament for Tanga Constituency and most recently served as the Minister of Health until August 2024, when she was succeeded by Jenista Mhagama. She has held various cabinet positions since 2010. She is a third-term Member of Parliament, firstly appointed to a seat reserved for women in the parliament of Tanzania in 2010.

  13. Seif Sharif Hamad

    Seif Sharif Hamad
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1943-2021 (aged 78)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Seif Sharif Hamad was a Tanzanian politician who served as the First Vice President of Zanzibar and as Party Chairman of ACT Wazalendo.

  14. Mwigulu Nchemba

    Mwigulu Nchemba
    Years
    1975-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba is a Tanzanian economist and CCM politician, who serves as the elected Member of Parliament for Iramba West Constituency since 2010. On 13 November 2025, President Samia Suluhu Hassan appointed him as the Prime Minister of Tanzania, succeeding Kassim Majaliwa. Before his current appointment, he served as the Minister of Finance in the Tanzanian Cabinet, since March 2021.

  15. Donald Kaberuka

    Donald Kaberuka
    Born in
    Rwanda Flag Rwanda
    Years
    1951-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    ministereconomistpolitician
    Biography

    Donald P. Kaberuka is a Rwandan economist and was the president of the African Development Bank from September 2005 until September 2015.

  16. Willy Munyoki Mutunga

    Willy Munyoki Mutunga
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1947-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    Willy Munyoki Mutunga, EGH is a Kenyan lawyer, intellectual, reform activist, and was the Commonwealth Special Envoy to the Maldives. He is also an active member of the Justice Leadership Group. He is the retired Chief Justice of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya.

  17. Augustine Mahiga

    Augustine Mahiga
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1945-2020 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Augustine Philip Mahiga was a Tanzanian diplomat and Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in 2019 and 2020. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2019. He previously served as the Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations from 2003 to 2010 and as the UN Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia from 2010 to 2013.

  18. Mizengo Pinda

    Mizengo Pinda
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1948-.. (age 78)
    Enrolled in the University of Dar es Salaam
    Studied in 1974
    Occupations
    ministerjuristpolitician
    Biography

    Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda is a Tanzanian CCM politician who was the 11th prime minister of Tanzania from 2008 to 2015. He was a Member of Parliament from 2000 to 2015.

  19. Job Ndugai

    Job Ndugai
    Years
    1960-2025 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Job Yustino Ndugai was a Tanzanian politician who served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from November 2015 until his resignation on 6 January 2022. Previously he was Deputy Speaker from 2010 to 2015 before he became Speaker under Magufuli government.

  20. Joyce Ndalichako

    Joyce Ndalichako
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1964-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Joyce Lazaro Ndalichako is Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister of Tanzania. Previously she served as Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training. She was appointed by the president of United Republic of Tanzania, John Magufuli, as a Member of Parliament and Minister for Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training from 2015 in Tanzania.

  21. Bernard Membe

    Bernard Membe
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1953-2023 (aged 70)
    Enrolled in the University of Dar es Salaam
    Studied political science
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    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.

  22. Zitto Kabwe

    Zitto Kabwe
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1976-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Zitto Zuberi Ruyagwa Kabwe, popularly known as Zitto Kabwe, is a Tanzanian politician and party leader of ACT-Wazalendo.

  23. Amos Wako

    Amos Wako
    Years
    1946-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    ministerlawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Amos Wako is a former Attorney General of Kenya and the first senator for Busia County from 2013 to 2022. Wako won the senatorial seat after defeating former minister of finance Chris Okemo. He won the senator seat on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) being led by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Wako currently serves as Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Constitutional Experts for Drafting the EAC Political Federation Constitution, the committee drafting the constitution for the East African Confederation.

  24. Mutula Kilonzo

    Mutula Kilonzo
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1948-2013 (aged 65)
    Occupations
    ministerlawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Mutula Kilonzo was a Kenyan politician and Senior Counsel, who served as Minister of Education after having previously served as Minister for Nairobi Metropolitan and justice and constitutional affairs He belonged to the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (now Wiper Democratic Movement) and was elected to represent Makueni County as Senator in the 2013 general elections.

  25. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile

    Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile
    Born in
    Uganda Flag Uganda
    Years
    1949-2022 (aged 73)
    Enrolled in the University of Dar es Salaam
    Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
    Occupations
    bankeruniversity teacherfinanciergovernoreconomist
    Biography

    Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile was a Ugandan economist and banker. He served as the governor of the Bank of Uganda, the central bank of Uganda from 2001 until his death on 23 January 2022.

  26. Stergomena Lawrence Tax

    Stergomena Lawrence Tax
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Stergomena Lawrence Tax was Tanzania's minister of defence and national service from 1 September 2023 to 3 November 2025, she became the first woman to hold the title since the country’s independence. She was previously the minister of foreign affairs and east african cooperation. Before that she served as the executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

  27. Ridhiwani Kikwete

    Ridhiwani Kikwete
    Years
    1979-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Ridhiwani Jakaya Kikwete is a Tanzanian lawyer and CCM politician. He is currently a Minister of President’s Office (Public Service Management and Good Governance) in Tanzania. Member of Parliament for Chalinze Constituency (CCM).

  28. Gertrude Mongella

    Gertrude Mongella
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1945-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella is a Tanzanian politician who was the first president of the Pan-African Parliament and was president of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.

  29. Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba

    Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Professor Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba is a Tanzanian economist and politician. He is the current leader of the Civic United Front and has run as the party's presidential candidate in every election since 1995 (except in 2015).

  30. Faustine Ndugulile

    Faustine Ndugulile
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1969-2024 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    civil servantlawyerphysicianpolitician
    Biography

    Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile was a Tanzanian CCM politician who was a Member of Parliament for the Kigamboni constituency from 2010 until his death in 2024.

  31. Hamisi Kigwangalla

    Hamisi Kigwangalla
    Years
    1975-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    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.

  32. Liberata Mulamula

    Liberata Mulamula
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1956-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Liberata Mulamula, (née Rutageruka (born 10 April 1956) is a Tanzanian diplomat and politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation from April 2021 to October 2022. She was appointed by President Samia Suluhu, on 31 March 2021 and was sworn into office on 1 April 2021.

  33. Issa G. Shivji

    Issa G. Shivji
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1946-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Issa Gulamhussein Shivji is a Tanzanian author and academic, and an experts on law and development issues. He has taught and worked in universities all over the world. He is a writer and researcher, producing books, monographs and articles, as well as a weekly column printed in national newspapers.

  34. Hassan Bubacar Jallow

    Hassan Bubacar Jallow
    Born in
    Gambia Flag Gambia
    Years
    1951-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politicianuniversity teacherlawyerjudgeminister
    Biography

    Hassan Bubacar Jallow is a Gambian judge who has served as Chief Justice of the Gambia since February 2017. He was the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from 2003 to 2016, and the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) from 2012 to 2016, both at the rank of United Nations Under Secretary-General. He served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 1984 to 1994 under President Dawda Jawara.

  35. Harrison Mwakyembe

    Harrison Mwakyembe
    Years
    1955-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Dr Harrison George Mwakyembe was born on 10 December 1955 in Kyela in the Southern Highlands Province in colonial Tanganyika. The Southern Highlands Province was divided into Mbeya Region and Iringa Region after Tanganyika won independence from Britain. Kyela is in Mbeya Region.

  36. Kangi Lugola

    Kangi Lugola
    Years
    1963-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Alphaxard Kangi Ndege Lugola was a Tanzanian politician and current Member of Parliament for Mwibara constituency since 2010. He is also member of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).

  37. Samwel John Sitta

    Samwel John Sitta
    Years
    1942-2016 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Samuel John Sitta was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Urambo East of Tabora Region. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from December 2005 to 2010 and Minister of East African Cooperation from 2010 to 2015.

  38. Papias Malimba Musafiri

    Papias Malimba Musafiri
    Born in
    Rwanda Flag Rwanda
    Occupations
    researcherministercivil servantacademicpolitician
    Biography

    Papias Malimba Musafiri is a Rwandan academic, researcher and politician, who has served as the Minister of Education in the Rwandan cabinet, since 25 June 2015, replacing Prof. Silas Lwakabamba.

  39. Sospeter Muhongo

    Sospeter Muhongo
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1954-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    ministergeologistpolitician
    Biography

    Sospeter Mwijarubi Muhongo MP is a Tanzanian geologist and a nominated member of the Tanzanian Parliament.

  40. Mohamed Chande Othman

    Mohamed Chande Othman
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Mohamed Chande Othman is a Tanzanian lawyer and a former Chief Justice of the Judiciary of Tanzania.

  41. Juliana Shonza

    Juliana Shonza
    Years
    1987-.. (age 39)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Juliana Daniel Shonza is a Tanzanian politician and member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. She is the current Member of Parliament having been appointed to special seats reserved for women.

  42. George Mkuchika

    George Mkuchika
    Years
    1948-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    George Huruma Mkuchika is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Newala constituency. He is the current Minister of State in the President's Office (special work).

  43. Peter Katjavivi

    Peter Katjavivi
    Born in
    Namibia Flag Namibia
    Years
    1941-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Peter Hitjitevi Katjavivi is a Namibian politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia from March 2015 until March 2025. He was also the chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Technology from 1992 to 2003. Previously he was the founding Vice-Chancellor of the University of Namibia from 1992 to 2003, Ambassador to the European Union from 2003 to 2006, Ambassador to Germany from 2006 to 2008, and Director General of the National Planning Commission from 2008 to 2010.

  44. Abdallah Possi

    Abdallah Possi
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1979-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    diplomatlawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Abdallah Saleh Possi is a Tanzanian diplomat who serves as Tanzania's Permanent Representative to The United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva. Before, he served as Tansania's Ambassador to Germany, and was also accredited to Austria (until May 2022), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, the Holy See, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland. Before assuming his first Diplomatic obligations, Possi had served as a Member of Parliament and the Deputy Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office responsible for Persons with Disability. Previously, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Dodoma in Tanzania; and practiced as an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania. He had also worked as a tutor at the Institute of Judicial Administration in Lushoto, Tanga, Tanzania. He holds LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and a Dr. phil. from the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in Germany. Possi is married and has three children.

  45. Nimrod Mkono

    Nimrod Mkono
    Years
    1943-2023 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Nimrod Elireheema Mkono was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Musoma Rural constituency from 2000 to 2015. He was also a practicing advocate in Mkono and advocates and former owner of Bank M. Mkono moved to the United States in 2018 for health care. He died there, in Florida, on 18 April 2023, at the age of 79.

  46. Eriya Kategaya

    Eriya Kategaya
    Born in
    Uganda Flag Uganda
    Years
    1945-2013 (aged 68)
    Occupations
    ministerlawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Eriya Kategaya was a Ugandan lawyer and politician. At the time of his death he was Uganda's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs. He was also an ex officio Member of the Ugandan Parliament, on account of being a cabinet minister.

  47. Medard Kalemani

    Medard Kalemani
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Medard Matogolo Kalemani, commonly known as Medard Kalemani, is a Tanzanian lawyer and politician, who served as the Minister of Energy in the Tanzanian cabinet, in 2017-2021. Immediately prior to his appointment to his current cabinet position, he served as Deputy Minister of the combined energy and minerals ministry, which was split into two, with Angellah Kairuki, assuming the mining docket.

  48. Patricia McFadden

    Patricia McFadden
    Born in
    Eswatini Flag Eswatini
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    educatorwriterpublisherhuman rights defendersociologist
    Biography

    Patricia McFadden is a radical African feminist, sociologist, writer, educator, and publisher from Eswatini. She is also an activist and scholar who worked in the anti-apartheid movement for more than 20 years. McFadden has worked in the African and global women's movements as well. As a writer, she has been the target of political persecution. She has worked as editor of the Southern African Feminist Review and African Feminist Perspectives. She currently teaches, and advocates internationally for women's issues. McFadden has served as a professor at Cornell University, Spelman College, Syracuse University and Smith College in the United States. She also works as a "feminist consultant", supporting women in creating institutionally sustainable feminist spaces within Southern Africa.

  49. Shukuru Kawambwa

    Shukuru Kawambwa
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Shukuru Jumanne Kawambwa is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bagamoyo constituency from 2005 to 2020. He is the former Minister of Education and Vocational Training. He has also served as the Minister of Infrastructure Development

  50. Isaya Mwita Charles

    Isaya Mwita Charles
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Isaya Mwita Charles is a Tanzanian politician, who served as the Mayor of Dar es Salaam from 2016 to 2020.

  51. Juma Mwapachu

    Juma Mwapachu
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1942-2025 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Juma Volter Mwapachu was a Tanzanian politician who served as Secretary General of the East African Community. He replaced Amanya Mushega of Uganda who completed his five-year term on 24 March 2006.

  52. Jumanne Maghembe

    Jumanne Maghembe
    Years
    1970-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Jumanne Abdallah Maghembe is a former minister of natural resources and tourism for the United Republic of Tanzania. He has been a member of parliament for Mwanga constituency since 2000 until 2020.

  53. Charles Kitwanga

    Charles Kitwanga
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Charles Muhangwa Kitwanga is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Misungwi constituency since 2010. He served as a minister of internal and home affairs in the Magufuli cabinet for five months beginning in December 2015. Kitwanga was found drunk during a parliamentary session on 20 May 2016 and was immediately suspended for drinking during working hours.

  54. Stephen Masele

    Stephen Masele
    Years
    1979-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Stephen Julius Masele is a Tanzanian Diplomat, Member of Parliament, global young politician and a former Investment Banker.

  55. Zakia Hamdani Meghji

    Zakia Hamdani Meghji
    Years
    1946-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Zakia Hamdani Meghji is a Tanzanian politician who served as the first female Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2008. She was the first woman to hold this post. She also served as the Tourism minister, and is still the longest serving Tourism Minister in the country's history.

  56. Rebeca Gyumi

    Rebeca Gyumi
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1986-.. (age 40)
    Occupations
    lawyeractivist
    Biography

    Rebeca Z. Gyumi is the Founder & Executive Director at Msichana Initiative, a Tanzanian NGO which aims to empower girls through education, and address key challenges which limit girls' right to education. She has worked for over 8 years with Femina, a youth-focused organisation, as a TV personality and youth advocate.

  57. Tracie D. Hall

    Tracie D. Hall
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1968-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    writerlibrarian
    Biography

    Tracie D. Hall is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts who served as the executive director of the American Library Association from 2020 to 2023. Hall is the first African American woman to lead the association since its founding in 1876.

  58. Mary Nagu

    Mary Nagu
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Mary Michael Nagu is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Hanang constituency since 2005. She is the former Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Investment and Empowerment.

  59. Joshua Nassari

    Joshua Nassari
    Years
    1985-.. (age 41)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Joshua Samwel Nassari is a Tanzanian CHADEMA politician and Member of Parliament for Arumeru East constituency since 2012.

  60. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

    Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    civil servantlawyer
    Biography

    Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is a Tanzanian biodiversity leader and lawyer, living in Montreal, Canada, who has been serving as Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme since 2023, under the leadership of Executive Director Inger Andersen.

  61. Elieshi Lema

    Elieshi Lema
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1949-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    poetwriter
    Biography

    Elieshi Lema is a Tanzanian writer and publisher, also active in Tanzania's civil society.

  62. Professor Davis G. Mwamfupe

    Professor Davis G. Mwamfupe
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1956-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Davis George Mwamfupe is Mayor of Dodoma, the Capital City of The United Republic of Tanzania. He is a member of the CCM, and a professor at the Dodoma University. He also served at the University of Dar es Salaam from 2005 to 2008.

  63. Omar Kigoda

    Omar Kigoda
    Years
    1953-2015 (aged 62)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Abdallah Omar Kigoda was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Handeni constituency from 1995 to 2015. He served as Minister of Industry and Trade from 1996 to 1997, as Minister of Energy and Minerals from 1997 to 2000, as Minister of State in the President's Office for Planning and Privatisation from 2000 to 2005, and again as Minister of Industry and Trade from 2012 to 2015.

  64. Francis K. Butagira

    Francis K. Butagira
    Born in
    Uganda Flag Uganda
    Years
    1942-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    diplomatjudgepolitician
    Biography

    Francis K. Butagira is a Ugandan lawyer, judge, politician and retired diplomat, who serves as the chairman of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), an agency of the Ugandan government responsible for maintaining registration data. He was appointed to that position in October 2015. He concurrently serves as the Managing Partner of Butagira and Company Advocates, a Kampala-based legal practice.

  65. William Ngeleja

    William Ngeleja
    Years
    1967-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    William Mganga Ngeleja is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Sengerema constituency since 2005.

  66. Mathias Meinrad Chikawe

    Mathias Meinrad Chikawe
    Years
    1951-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    Mathias Meinrad Chikawe is a Tanzanian CCM politician and diplomat.

  67. Effie Owuor

    Effie Owuor
    Years
    1943-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    lawyerjudge
    Biography

    Effie Owuor is a Kenyan lawyer and judge who was the country's first female State Counsel, Magistrate, High Court Judge, and Court of Appeal Judge.

  68. Dalaly Kafumu

    Dalaly Kafumu
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1957-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    geologistpolitician
    Biography

    Dr. Dalaly Peter Kafumu is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Igunga constituency since 2011.

  69. Margaret C. Snyder

    Margaret C. Snyder
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1929-2021 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    social scientist
    Biography

    Margaret C. "Peg" Snyder was an American social scientist with a special interest in women and economic development, particularly in Africa. She was the founding director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which was absorbed into UN Women in 2011. She was also a co-founder of Women's World Banking and of the African Training and Research Centre for Women.

  70. Wilson Masilingi

    Wilson Masilingi
    Years
    1956-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    diplomatministerpolitician
    Biography

    Wilson Mutagaywa Kajumula Masiling is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat. He is Tanzania's Ambassador to the United States after having served as Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands from March 2013.

  71. Iyiola Solanke

    Iyiola Solanke
    Enrolled in the University of Dar es Salaam
    Studied in 1994-1995
    Occupations
    university teacherjuristlawyer
    Biography

    Iyiola Solanke is an Academic Fellow in the Inner Temple and Jacques Delors Professor of European Union Law at the University of Oxford, where she is a Fellow of Somerville College. Previously, she was the Chair in European Union law at the University of Leeds. She is specialized in the European Union and racial integration, and founded the Black Female Professors Forum in 2017.

  72. Irene Tarimo

    Irene Tarimo
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1964-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    researcheracademicbiologistlecturer
    Biography

    Irene Aurelia Tarimo is a Tanzanian environmental scientist and educator. She currently serves as Head of Department of environmental studies at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT), where she is also a lecturer and a researcher. She previously served as OUT Director in the Lindi Region since 2007 to 2015.

  73. Verdiana Masanja

    Verdiana Masanja
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1954-.. (age 72)
    Enrolled in the University of Dar es Salaam
    Graduated with master's degree
    Occupations
    university teachermathematicianphysicist
    Biography

    Verdiana Grace Masanja is a Tanzanian mathematician specializing in fluid dynamics. She is the first Tanzanian woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics.

  74. David Homeli Mwakyusa

    David Homeli Mwakyusa
    Years
    1942-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    politicianminister
    Biography

    David Homeli Mwakyusa is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Rungwe West constituency since 2000. He was Minister of Health from 2006 to 2010.

  75. Christopher Kajoro Chiza

    Christopher Kajoro Chiza
    Years
    1953-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    ministerengineerpolitician
    Biography

    Christopher Kajoro Chiza is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Buyungu constituency since 2005 until 2015. He is the current Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives

  76. James Alex Msekela

    James Alex Msekela
    Years
    1959-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    diplomatengineerpolitician
    Biography

    James Alex Msekela is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat.

  77. Modest Mero

    Modest Mero
    Years
    1959-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Modest Jonathan Mero is a Tanzanian diplomat. He has been Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations Office at Geneva since 2013 to 2015.

  78. Tuvako Manongi

    Tuvako Manongi
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Occupations
    diplomatpolitician
    Biography

    Tuvako Nathaniel Manongi is a Tanzanian diplomat who has served as the Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations since 19 September 2012.

  79. Flower Msuya

    Flower Msuya
    Born in
    Tanzania Flag Tanzania
    Years
    1959-.. (age 67)
    Enrolled in the University of Dar es Salaam
    Graduated with Bachelor of Science in botany and statistics
    Occupations
    marine biologistresearcherphycologist
    Biography

    Flower Ezekiel Msuya is a Tanzanian phycologist. She specialises in algaculture (seaweed farming) and integrated aquaculture.