Saada Salum Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
Saada Salum
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office:14th Minister of Finance
Term Start:20 January 2014
Term End:5 November 2015
President:Jakaya Kikwete
Predecessor:William Mgimwa
Successor:Philip Mpango
Office2:Deputy Minister of Finance
Term Start2:7 May 2012
Term End2:20 January 2014
Minister2:William Mgimwa
Successor2:Mwigulu Nchemba
Office3:Member of Parliament
Term Start3:12 June 2012
Term End3:July 2015
Appointer3:Jakaya Kikwete
Constituency3:None (Nominated MP)
Birth Date:[1]
Nationality:Tanzanian
Party:CCM

Saada Mkuya Salum (born 1975) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a nominated Member of Parliament. She is a former Minister of Finance.[2]

Early life and education

She was educated at Lumumba Secondary School,[3] and attained her Diploma in Business Studies from Stamford College in Malaysia. She graduated from The Open University of Tanzania in 2009 with a master's degree in Business and also attained her MBA from Heriot-Watt University. As of January 2014, she is pursuing her PhD in business administration from The Open University of Tanzania.[4]

Political career

She was nominated as a Member of Parliament by President Kikwete in May 2012 and subsequently appointed the Deputy Minister of Finance. In January 2014, Salum succeeded William Mgimwa as the 14th Minister of Finance.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PROFILE: Tanzania's Finance Minister Saada Mkuya Salum . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213040142/http://af.reuters.com/article/idAFL6N0RU14N20141001 . dead . 13 December 2014 . 1 October 2014 . Reuters . 8 December 2014.
  2. News: 19 January 2014 . Tanzania appoints new finance minister in reshuffle . . 31 January 2014 .
  3. Web site: Member of Parliament CV. Parliament of Tanzania. 24 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130118123212/http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1776/2010-2015. 18 January 2013. dmy-all.
  4. News: 27 January 2014 . Tuhuma nzito Baraza la Mawaziri . mpekuzihuru.com . 31 January 2014 .