Africa-Press – Tanzania. PRESIDNT Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday appointed 23 new ambassadors in her latest appointment since she took over the office in March this year.
According to a statement released by the President’s Director of Communications, the new list is characterized by people from diverse backgrounds including the media, military, politicians, and public service.
Hoyce Temu, journalist and entrepreneur and Mindi Kasiga, Director of Markets at the Tanzania Tourism Board (TTB) joins the envoy cadre.
Here is the full list of new appointments
- Lit. Ge. Yakub Mohamed (Chief of Staff, Tanzania Peoples Defence Forces)
- Maj. Gen. Richard Makanzo (Navy Commander)
- Pereira Silima (Former Minister of Home Affairs)
- Maulidah Hassan (Assistant to the President – Diplomacy)
- Togolani Mavura (Assistant to the former President Dr Jakaya Kikwete)
- Edwin Rutegaruka (Director General TanTrade)
- Fredrick Kibuta (Senior Officer in the President’s Office)
- Noel Kaganda (Field Officer, President’s Office)
- Caroline Chipeta (Acting Head of Legal Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation)
- Macocha Tembele (Acting Director of Regional Integration in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Agnes Kayola (Acting head of Regional Integration in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Masoud Balozi (Acting Director Foreign Affairs Office-Zanzibar)
- Ceasar Waitara (Acting Director, Department of Asia and Australia- Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- Swahiba Mndeme (Senior Officer, Tanzania Embassy in Washington DC, USA)
- Said Mshana (Senior Officer, President’s Office State House)
- Alex Kallua (Senior Officer, President’s Office State House)
- Mahmoud Kombo (Former Minister of Tourism – Zanzibar
- James Bwana (Assistant Shinyanga Regional Administrative Secretary)
- Said Mussa (Deputy Director, President’s Office – Zanzibar)
- Elsie Kanza (Special President Advisor at World Economic Forum)
- Robert Kahendaguza (Deputy Ambassador, United Nations – Geneva)
