Damas Ndumbaro Explained

Honorific Prefix:Honorable
Damas Daniel Ndumbaro
Honorific Suffix:MP
Office:Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports
Term Start:1 September 2023
Predecessor:Pindi Chana
Term Start1:1 April 2022
Term End1:31 August 2023
Predecessor1:George Simbachawene
Successor1:Pindi Chana
Office2:Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism
Term Start2:5 December 2020
Term End2:1 April 2022
Predecessor2:Hamisi Kigwangalla
Successor2:Pindi Chana
Office3:Member of Parliament
Term Start3:November 2017
Predecessor3:Leonidas Gama
Constituency3:Songea Urban
Nominated
Birth Date:14 June 1971
Birth Place:Songea, Tanzania
Alma Mater:UDSM, Open University of Tanzania
Party:Chama Cha Mapinduzi

Damas Daniel Ndumbaro (born 14 June 1971) is a Tanzanian politician, lawyer and cabinet Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.

He was a Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism and a politician who presently serves as a Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Member of Parliament for Songea Urban constituency for the second term since 2015. Also was the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority since March 2013.[1] [2] He was an Advocate and a Lecturer of law at the Open University of Tanzania before joining politics and won a majority vote election in Songea Urban constituency under the ruling party CCM.

Political career

In 2018, he was appointed by President John Magufuli, as the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation.[3] In December 2020 after the 2020 general election, in Magufuli's 2nd cabinet he was appointed the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism.[4] He continued in this docket following the death of Magufuli, however, in April 2022 he was made the new Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice in Samia Suluhu's cabinet.[5] On 1 September 2023, following Samia Suluhu's cabinet reshfulle, he assumed the new post as Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Change of management at TAZARA . 2 March 2013 . 2 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130302133307/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/15120-change-management-at-tazara . 2 March 2013 .
  2. Web site: Profile:Damas Daniel Ndumbaro . . 2 March 2013.
  3. Web site: Foreign Ministry Tanzania. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171121155432/http://www.foreign.go.tz:80/index.php/about/team/category/heads-departments-and-ministers . 2017-11-21 .
  4. Web site: Analysts scrutinise Magufuli’s latest cabinet. 2020-12-24. The Citizen. en.
  5. Web site: 2022-04-01 . Tanzania President Samia makes mini Cabinet reshuffle . 2023-03-01 . The East African . en.
  6. Web site: Admin . 2023-09-01 . Tanzania Cabinet Reshuffle: President Samia Announces Key Appointments and Changes . 2023-09-11 . TanzaniaInvest . en-US.