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1 Members of Parliament. 2 See also. ... List of Tanzania National Assembly members 2005–2010; References This page was last edited on 25 February 2025, at 15: ...
The National Assembly of Tanzania (Swahili: Bunge la Tanzania) and the President of the United Republic of Tanzania make up the Parliament of Tanzania. [2] The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Tulia Ackson , who presides over a unicameral assembly of 393 members.
The Parliament of Tanzania is made up of 239 constituencies which elect a Member of Parliament for a five-year term. [1]
One of Africa’s most respected figures, Julius Nyerere was seen as a politician of principle and intelligence. Known as Mwalimu (teacher), he proposed a widely acclaimed vision of education. From independence in 1961 until the mid-1980s, Tanzania was a one-party state, with a socialist model of economic development.
2014: William Mgimwa (CCM, Kalenga) died on 1 January 2014 whilst undergoing treatment in South Africa. [6] A by-election took place on 16 March 2014 and his son Godfrey Mgimwa (CCM) won by a landslide (79.27%). 2014: Saidi Bwanamdogo (CCM, Chalinze) died on 22 January 2014. [7]
Adolf Faustine Mkenda (born in 1963) is a Tanzanian Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, [1] [2] having previously served as Minister of Agriculture. [3] An associate professor of Economics at the University of Dar es Salaam and a politician who presently serves as a Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Member of Parliament for Rombo constituency since November 2020.
Name Took office Left office Notes Adam Sapi Mkwawa: 26 April 1964 19 November 1973 Mkwawa was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanganyika on 27 November 1962 [2]
Most members of the Bunge, Tanzania's National Assembly, are elected concurrently by direct popular vote for 5-year terms. Additional members are nominated by the President, and five seats are chosen by the Zanzibar House of Representatives. Further seats are reserved for female members who are selected by their parties.