Abdulrahman Kinana | |
Office: | Chama Cha Mapinduzi Vice chairman |
Term Start: | April 2022 |
1Blankname: | Chairman |
1Namedata: | Samia Suluhu |
Predecessor: | Philip Mangula |
Office2: | 1st Speaker of the AU |
Term Start2: | November 2001 |
Term End2: | 2006 |
Office3: | Secretary General Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
Term Start3: | 2012 |
Term End3: | 2018 |
1Blankname3: | Chairman |
1Namedata3: | John Magufuli |
Predecessor3: | Wilson Mukama |
Successor3: | Bashiru Ally |
Birth Date: | October 1951 |
Birth Place: | Arusha |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Party: | CCM |
Spouse: | Rahma Hussein |
Abdulrahman Omari Kinana is a Tanzanian politician who served as the first Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006.[1] He has been secretary-general of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, the ruling party, from 2012 to 2018.
Kinana served in the Tanzanian Armed Forces for 20 years before retiring as a colonel in 1992.He has also served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence. He was a member of the Tanzanian Parliament for Arusha constituency for 10 years. Kinana's father moved to Tanzania when he was a child and hails from Somali Sheekhaal clan.