Hawa Ghasia

Honourable
Hawa Ghasia
MP
Minister of State in the PM's Office for Regional Admin. and Local Govt.
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2012
Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda
Preceded by George Mkuchika
Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Management
In office
4 January 2006 – 7 May 2012
President Jakaya Kikwete
Member of Parliament
for Mtwara Rural
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 2005
Preceded by Abdillahi Namkulala
Majority 37,256 (66.69%)
Personal details
Born 10 January 1966
Tanzania
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM
Alma mater Mzumbe University (AdvDip)
SUA (MA)

Hawa Abdulrahman Ghasia (born 10 January 1966) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Mtwara Rural constituency since 2005. She is the current Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government.[1]

Background

Ghasia was nominated as the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) candidate for Mtwara Rural District in the 2005 parliamentary election,[2] receiving 529 votes and defeating four other candidates for the nomination, including Juma Chinavati with 372 votes and incumbent Abdillahi Namkulala with 135 votes.[3]

Following the election, she was appointed as Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Management on January 4, 2006;[4] she remained in that position in the Cabinet named on February 12, 2008.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "CCM parliamentary candidates", Guardian (IPP Media), August 17, 2005.
  3. ↑ "’Women power’ herald a new era in CCM", Guardian (IPP Media), August 6, 2005.
  4. ↑ Hassan Muhiddin, "JK’s beefed up team", Guardian (IPP Media), January 5, 2006.
  5. ↑ List of Cabinet ministers (as of February 12, 2008), Tanzanian Parliament website.
  6. ↑ Angel Navuri, "JK trims cabinet size", Guardian (IPP Media), February 13, 2008.