Minister of Water and Irrigation
| Minister of Water and Irrigation
Waziri wa Maji na Umwagiliaji | |
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| Ministry of Water and Irrigation | |
| Style | Honourable Minister |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Seat | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Appointer | President |
| Term length | At the President's discretion |
| Website |
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The Ministry of Water and Irrigation is the head of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation of the Government of Tanzania.
History
The water portfolio has over the years been part of a number of other ministries.
List of Ministers
The following have served the ministry:[1]
- Parties
| # | Portrait | Minister | Portfolio | Took Office | Left Office | President |
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| – | Dereck Bryeson | Agriculture | 1961 | 1964 | (Tanganyika) | |
| Tewa S. Tewa | Lands, Housing and Water Development | 1964 | 1966 | Julius Nyerere | ||
| Said Maswanya | 1966 | 1968 | ||||
| Abdulrahman Babu | 1968 | 1970 | ||||
| Wilbard Chagula | Water and Power | 1971 | 1974 | |||
| I. Elinewinga | 1974 | 1975 | ||||
| Wilbard Chagula | Water, Electricity and Minerals | 1976 | 1978 | |||
| I. Elinewinga | Water, Energy and Minerals | 1978 | 1982 | |||
| Al Noor Kassum | Water and Energy | 1982 | 1983 | |||
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| Al Noor Kassum | Water, Energy and Minerals | 1985 | 1986 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | ||
| Pius Ng'wandu | Lands, Water, Housing and Urban Development | 1985 | 1987 | |||
| 1 | Pius Ng'wandu | Water | 1987 | 1990 | ||
| 2 | Christian Kisanji | 1990 | ||||
 | Jakaya Kikwete | Water, Energy and Minerals | 1990 | 1994 | ||
| Jackson Makweta | 1994 | 1995 | ||||
| (1) | Pius Ng'wandu | Water | 1996 | 1999 | Benjamin Mkapa | |
| 3 | Mussa Nkhangaa | 1999 | 2001 | |||
| Edward Lowassa | Water and Livestock | 2001 | 2005 | |||
| 4 |  | Stephen Wasira | Water | 2006 | Jakaya Kikwete | |
| 5 |  | Shukuru Kawambwa | 2006 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Mark Mwandosya | Water and Irrigation Development | 2008 | 2010 | ||
| Water | 2010 | 2012 | ||||
| 7 |  | Jumanne Maghembe | Water and Irrigation | 2012 | 5 November 2015 | |
| 8 |  | Makame Mbarawa | Minister of Water and Irrigation | 14 December 2015 | 23 December 2015 | John Magufuli |
| 9 | Gerson Lwenge | Minister of Water and Irrigation | 2015 | Incumbent | ||
References
- ↑ "Miaka 50 ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara" (PDF). Ministry of Water and Irrigation. 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
External links
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