George Simbachawene Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
George Boniface Simbachawene
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice
Term Start:10 January 2022
Term End:1 April 2022
President:Samia Suluhu
Predecessor:Palamagamba Kabudi
Successor:Damas Ndumbaro
Office1:25th Minister of Home Affairs
Term Start1:23 January 2020
Term End1:8 January 2022
Predecessor1:Alphaxard Lugola
Successor1:Hamad Masauni
Office2:Minister of State in the
Vice President's Office
Term Start2:22 July 2019
Term End2:23 January 2020
President2:John Pombe Magufuli
Successor2:Mussa Zungu
Office3:Minister of State in the President’s Office
Term Start3:12 December 2015
Term End3:7 September 2017
President3:John Pombe Magufuli
Alongside3:Angellah Kairuki
Successor3:George Mkuchika
Office4:Minister of Energy and Minerals
Term Start4:24 January 2015
Term End4:5 November 2015
Predecessor4:Sospeter Muhongo
Successor4:Sospeter Muhongo
Office5:Member of Parliament
for Kibakwe
Term Start5:December 2005
Predecessor5:Daimon Mwaga
Birth Date:5 July 1970
Nationality:Tanzanian
Party:CCM

George Boniface Taguluvala Simbachawene (born 5 July 1968) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Kibakwe constituency since 2005.[1] [2]

He held the post of the Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for Regional Administration, Local Government, Civil Service and Good Governance from November 2015 to September 2017. He resigned from his post on September 7, 2017 after his name was implicated in the Minerals report from his time in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.[3]

On 21 July 2019, he is assigned as the Minister of State in the Vice President's Office.[4] On January 23, 2020 he was appointed as the Minister of Home Affairs.[5] On 10 January 2022 he was sworn in as the new Minister for Legal and Constitutional Affairs.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Member of Parliament CV . Parliament of Tanzania . 28 February 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722014858/http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1350/2010-2015 . 22 July 2015.
  2. Web site: Parliament of Tanzania. 2020-07-12. www.parliament.go.tz.
  3. News: Tanzania: Simbachawene Throws in the Towel. Kazoka. Ludovick. 2017-09-08. Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam). 2017-10-09.
  4. Web site: Tanzania President Magufuli fires Environment, Union Affairs. The Citizen. en. 2019-07-21.
  5. Web site: Simbachawene replaces Lugola as Ilala’s Zungu request granted. 2020-07-12. The Citizen. en.
  6. Web site: President Samia rings changes in cabinet. 9 January 2022. 8 January 2022. The Citizen. Owere. Paul. Wambura. Bethsheba. 9 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220109000710/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/president-samia-rings-changes-in-cabinet-3676040. dead.