Terezya Huvisa Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable Dr
Terezya Pius Luoga Huvisa
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Order:3rd
Office:Minister of State for Environment
Term Start:28 November 2004
Term End:20 January 2014
1Blankname:VP
1Namedata:Mohamed Gharib Bilal
Office2:Member of Parliament
Term Start2:November 2010
Constituency2:None (Special Seat)
Birth Date:12 June 1957
Nationality:Tanzanian
Party:CCM
Blank1:Positions
Nickname:Mother of Environment

Terezya Pius Luoga Huvisa (born 12 June 1957) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a special seat Member of Parliament since 2010. She also served as the Minister of State in the Vice President's Office for Environment from 2010 to 2014.[1]

Terezya Pius Luoga Huvisa also worked as Dean of Students at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE), Assistant Dean of Students at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). Throughout her carrier working in the two big universities in Tanzania Terezya Pius Luoga Huvisa has also actively supported youth and women development using education, seminars and trainings which is her passion.

Terezya Pius Luoga Huvisa was the first Tanzania female government leader to take action on monthly cleaning of the city of Dar es Salaam and also the first Tanzania female minister to take initiative to prevent business owners from improper dumping of wastes from industries and hotels. Terezya Pius Luoga Huvisa was recognized for her works in protecting the environment at an international level by the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN), who elected Terezya Pius Luoga Huvisa as the President of AMCEN.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Member of Parliament CV. Parliament of Tanzania. 19 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124103759/http://parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1573/2010-2015. 24 January 2013.