Al Noor Kassum Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
Al Noor Kassum
Birth Date:11 January 1924
Birth Place:Tanganyika
Death Place:Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Birthname:Noordin Kassum
Nationality:Tanzanian
Party:CCM
Otherparty:TANU
Spouse:Yasmin (1983–2021)
Children:3
Blank1:Positions
Data1:Chancellor, SUA[1]
Chancellor, MUCCoBS[2]
Blank2:Notable work(s)
Data2:Africa's Winds of Change: Memoirs of an International Tanzanian
Nickname:Nick

Al Noor Kassum (11 January 1924 – 18 November 2021) was a Tanzanian politician.

Biography

He was educated in Tanganyika and the United Kingdom, where he was called to the Bar at the Inns of Court in London, Al Noor Kassum was a prominent figure in Tanzanian politics and the Ismaili Muslim community after the country's independence. He held several ministerial positions within the Tanzanian government and was also the East African Community's Minister of Finance and Administration. He held senior positions in UNESCO and at the UN Headquarters in New York. Also he was the 2nd Chancellor of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Morogoro Tanzania.[3]

Kassum died in Dar es Salaam on 18 November 2021, at the age of 97.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: University Executives . . 4 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120525121648/http://www.suanet.ac.tz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=34 . 25 May 2012 .
  2. Web site: Administration . www.muccobs.ac.tz . 4 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121108200746/http://www.muccobs.ac.tz/administration.html . 8 November 2012 .
  3. Web site: Africa's Winds of Change: Memoirs of an International Tanzanian . Kassum . Al Noor . 20 August 2007 . . 4 March 2013.
  4. Web site: Al Noor Kassum afariki dunia . 20 November 2021 . 20 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211120145343/https://www.habarileo.co.tz/habari/2021-11-20619884960f983.aspx . dead .