Innocent Bashungwa
Innocent Lugha Bashungwa (born 5 May 1979) is a Tanzanian politician who has served as the Minister of Works in Tanzania since 2023. He previously served as Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Minister of Defence and National Service and a Minister of State in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) in Tanzania and is a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi political party.[2] He was elected MP representing Karagwe in 2015.
Political career
[edit]He was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture by President John Magufuli on 10 November 2018. On 13 November 2018, he was sworn in as Deputy Minister.[3] In June 2019, Joseph Kakunda was replaced by Innocent Bashungwa as the minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, he went on to serve at this docket for a year before the parliament was dissolved on 16 June 2020.[4]
In Magufuli's second cabinet, he was appointed as the Minister of Information, Culture, Artists and Sports.[5] Following the January 2022 reshuffle of the Suluhu Cabinet, he assumed the position of the Minister of State in the President's Office.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Magufuli sacks Industy [sic] Minister, TRA boss, appoints successors". The Citizen. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ LUGHA (Report). Koninklijke Brill NV. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_sim_4685.
- ↑ "Tanzania: New Ministers in Full Throttle ... . Govt Directive Bears Fruit, Lindi Collects Over 4,000 Tonnes Cashews". Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam). 14 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ↑ "Tanzanian president sacks industry minister, tax chief - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ↑ "Magufuli's unveils his cabinet 30 days after taking oath". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ↑ "Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu reshuffles Cabinet". The East African. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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