Sospeter Muhongo

Hon. Professor
Sospeter Muhongo
MP
Minister of Energy and Minerals
In office
7 May 2012  24 January 2015
President Jakaya Kikwete
Preceded by William Ngeleja
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 June 2012
Appointed by Jakaya Kikwete
Constituency None (Nominated MP)
Personal details
Born 25 June 1954
Musoma, Tanganyika
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM
Spouse(s) Bertha
Alma mater UDSM (BSc (Hons))
University of Göttingen (MSc)
TU Berlin (Dr.rer.nat.)
Profession Geologist
Committees Chair, SPC1 of IYPE
Positions President, GSAf (1995–2001)
Director, ICSU-Africa (2005–10)
Awards Robert Shackleton Award
Ordre des Palmes Académiques
1Science Programme Committee

Sospeter M. Muhongo, FGSAf, FTWAS, FAAS, CGeol, EurGeol, MASSAf, FGIGE, MP (born 25 June 1954) is a Tanzanian geologist and a nominated member of the Tanzanian Parliament. He served as the Minister of Energy and Minerals from 2012 to 2015.[1][2]

Life and career

Muhongo family at the Mwalimu Nyerere Museum Centre in Butiama
Prof. Muhongo(seated left) as the Coordinator for establishment of the proposed Nyerere University at Mara Regional Commissioners Investment Centre Conference Hall.

He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of African Earth Sciences.[3]

He is a fellow of several highly learned professional societies including the Geological Society of London.,[4] the Geological Society of America.[5] the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences[6] and the Tanzania Academy of Sciences.[7]

He also is the Vice-President for Commission of the Geological Map of the World (CGMW), 2005-to date.[8]

Has also worked as a Visiting Researcher, University of Mainz, Germany in 2000–2009[9]

He was the founder and first Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU)- Africa Region. ICSU is a non-governmental organisation with a global membership of national scientific bodies (121 members) and international scientific unions (30 members).[10]

In 2009, he was among the nominated candidates [11] from Tanzania, for the post of Director General for UNESCO.

Honours and awards

Awards

Honorary

Publications

Muhongo is the author or co-author of over 150 scientific articles and technical papers and has co-authored the publication of large-scale geological maps of Africa, East Africa and Tanzania.[14]

List of selected publications

References