Adolf Mkenda
Honorable Adolf Mkenda MP | |
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Minister of Agriculture | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 6 December 2020 | |
President | John Magufuli |
Preceded by | Japhet Hasunga |
Member of Parliament for Rombo | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Selasini |
Constituency | Rombo, Tanzania |
Personal details | |
Born | Adolf Faustine Mkenda 1963 Rombo, Kilimanjaro |
Citizenship | Tanzanian |
Nationality | Tanzania |
Spouse(s) | Beatrice Kalinda Mkenda |
Alma mater | Gothenburg University (PhD) University of Dar es Salaam (BA) (MA) |
Adolf Faustine Mkenda (born in 1963 Rombo, Kilimanjaro), is a Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture.[1] An associate professor of Economics at the University of Dar es Salaam and a politician who presently serve as a Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Member of Parliament for Rombo constituency since November 2020.[2][3][4]
Political career[]
After the 2020 Tanzanian general election, Mkenda was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture in both 5th Cabinet of Tanzania and 6th Cabinet of Tanzania. Before this appointment he served in various capacities as Permanent Secretary Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism (2019-2020), Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East Africa Cooperation (2018-2019)[5] & Permanent Secretary Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (2017-2018).[6][7]
References[]
- ^ "waziri-wa-kilimo-mhe.-prof.-adolf-faustine-mkenda-mb".
- ^ https://www.efdinitiative.org/sites/default/files/cv2020mkenda_0.pdf
- ^ "Ni Profesa Mkenda wa CCM jimbo la Rombo". Mwananchi. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "Mbunge Rombo ambana Naibu Waziri Ajibiwa Papo Hapo".
- ^ "Mechanism Welcomes the Permanent Secretary of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of The United Republic of Tanzania". United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "Tanzania, Kenya lift trade restrictions along borders". www.ippmedia.com. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- ^ "Visit of Adolf Mkenda, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Tanzanian Ministry of Finance, to the EC". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
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