Juamanne Maghembe | |
Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. Professor |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism |
Successor: | Hamisi Kigwangalla |
President: | John Magufuli |
Termend: | 7 October 2017 |
Termstart: | 5 November 2015 |
Office2: | Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives |
President2: | Jakaya Kikwete |
Successor2: | Christopher Chiza |
Termend2: | 7 February 2012 |
Termstart2: | 28 November 2010 |
Party: | CCM |
Office1: | Minister of Water and Irrigation |
Order1: | 7th |
Predecessor1: | Mark Mwandosya |
President1: | Jakaya Kikwete |
Termend1: | 5 November 2015 |
Termstart1: | 7 February 2012 |
Birth Place: | Tanganyika |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Office3: | Minister of Education and Vocational Training |
Office4: | Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism |
Office5: | Minister of Labour, Employment and Youth Development |
Office6: | Member of Parliament for Mwanga |
Termend3: | 28 November 2010 |
Termend4: | 13 February 2008 |
Termend5: | 17 October 2008 |
Termstart3: | 13 February 2008 |
Termstart4: | 17 October 2006 |
Termstart5: | 6 January 2006 |
Termstart6: | November 2000 |
Jumanne Abdallah Maghembe is a former Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism for the United Republic of Tanzania. He has been a Member of Parliament for Mwanga constituency since 2000 until 2020.[1]
At the beginning of his appointment, Jumanne Maghembe called for a focus on illegal logging and wildlife poaching,[2] as well as working towards doubling tourism's contribution to Tanzania's economy.[3]
Before his current position, Professor Maghembe's was serving as Minister of Water and Irrigation, beginning in February 2012 and ending in November 2015.[4]
In 1975, Maghembe graduated with a degree in Forestry from the University of Dar es Salaam. In 1981 he completed a PhD at the University of Dar es Salaam.[5] In 1986 he was a Fulbright Scholar at Oregon State University.[6] For fifteen years he was a Principal Scientist at the International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF).[7]