Bernard Membe

Bernard Kamillius Membe
Bernard Membe in 2010
Foreign Minister of Tanzania
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 12, 2007
Preceded by Asha-Rose Migiro
Constituency Mtama, Lindi Rural, Lindi Region
Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania
In office
December 28, 2005 – December 27, 2010
Personal details
Born November 9, 1953 (1953-11-09) (age 58)
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party Chama Cha Mapinduzi

Bernard Kamillius Membe (born November 9, 1953)[1] is a Tanzanian politician, currently serving as the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation. Membe was appointed to the job by President Jakaya Kikwete (himself a former foreign minister)[2] in January 2007 after the previous Foreign Minister, Asha-Rose Migiro, left for the job of United Nations Deputy Secretary-General.[3] He is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania from Mtama,[3] a rural ward in the Lindi Rural district of Lindi Region.[4]

Membe was a national security analyst at the President's Office from 1977 to 1990, and he worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2000. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2000 parliamentary election and was re-elected in the 2005 parliamentary election as a candidate of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). He was Deputy Minister of Home Affairs prior to being appointed as Deputy Minister of Energy and Minerals on October 15, 2006.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Membe , Bernard K.". www.parliament.go.tz. Parliament of Tanzania. http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/Mp_Cv3.asp?PTerm=2005-2010&fpkey=152. Retrieved 2007-01-14. 
  2. ^ Muhiddin, Hassan (2006-01-05). "JK’s beefed up team". The Guardian (IPPMedia Ltd). Archived from the original on 2007-01-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20070103223211/http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/01/05/57238.html. Retrieved 2007-01-14. 
  3. ^ a b "Membe new Foreign minister". TSN Daily News (TSN). 2007-01-12. http://www.dailynews-tsn.com/page.php?id=5253. Retrieved 2007-01-14. 
  4. ^ "Lindi Rural". Tanzania 2002 Population and Housing Census. Government of Tanzania. 2003. Archived from the original on 2006-11-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20061129150305/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/districts/lindirural.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-14. 
  5. ^ "Kikwete reshuffles Cabinet", Guardian (IPP Media), October 16, 2006.

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Preceded by
Asha-Rose Migiro		 Foreign Minister of Tanzania
January 12, 2007–present		 Incumbent