Minister of Water and Irrigation

Minister of Water and Irrigation Waziri wa Maji na Umwagiliaji
Incumbent Jumanne Maghembe since 7 May 2012
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	www.maji.go.tz

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

      TANU       CCM

#	Portrait	Minister	Portfolio	Took Office	Left Office	President
–		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
–
		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	Incumbent

References

External links

• Official website

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