Ibrahim Lipumba

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Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba (b. 6 June 1952) is a Tanzanian politician and chairman of the Civic United Front (CUF) party.

Lipumba has contested every presidential election in Tanzania since the country instituted a multiparty system in the early 1990s. In the first election in 1995, he placed third and won 6.43% of the vote. He finished second behind incumbent President Benjamin Mkapa in 2000, capturing 16.26% of the vote.

Running again as the CUF presidential candidate in the 14 December 2005 elections, Lipumba finished a distant second to Jakaya Kikwete of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party winning 11.68% of the vote.