
Tanzania
Country Data
System | Presidential |
---|---|
President/Head of State | Saima Suluhu Hassan |
Prime Minister | Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa |
Size of Cabinet | 28 |
Parliament | unicameral |
National Assembly | Bunge |
Seats in NA | 377 |
Parties in NA | 4 |
Female MPs in NA | 36.87% |
Term of National Assembly | 5 years |
Term of President | 5 years |
Constitution | 1977 |
Number of NA Elections held | 6 |
Number of PE held | 6 |
Next General Elections | 2025 |

List of cabinet
Reference | Role/Ministry | Name |
---|---|---|
Head of State | President | Saima Suluhu Hassan |
Vice-President | Philip Isdor Mpango | |
President of Zanzibar | Hussein Ali Mwinyi | |
Head of Government | Prime Minister | Majaliwa Kassim Majaliwa |
Finance | Minister of Finance and Planning | Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba |
Foreign | Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation | Balozi Liberata Mulamula |
Defense | Minister of Defense and National Service | Stergomena Lawrence Tax |
Health | Minister of Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups | Dorothy Onesphoro Gwajima |
Minister of Health | Ummy Ally Mwalimu | |
Agriculture | Minister of Agriculture | Hussein Bashe |
Minister of Livestock and Fisheries | Mashimba Mashauri Ndaki | |
Energy | Minister of Energy | January Yusuf Makamba |
Natural Resources | Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism | Damas Daniel Ndumbaro |
Minister of Minerals | Doto Mashaka Biteko | |
Minister of Water | Jumaa Hamidu Aweso | |
Education | Minister of Education, Science and Technology | Adolf Mkenda |
Economy | Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade | Ashatu Kijaji |
Digital/IT | Minister for Information and Communications Technology | Nape Moses Nnauye |
Minister of Works and Transport | Makame Mnyaa Mbarawa | |
Interior | Minister of Home Affairs | Hamad Masauni |
Minister for Constutional and Legal Affairs | George Boniface Taguluvala Simbachawene | |
Others | Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports | Mohamed Mchengerwa |
Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development | Angelina Mabula | |
Minister of State for Government Affairs | George Mkuchika | |
Minister of State Public Service Management and Good Governance | Jenista Mhagama | |
Minister of State Union Affairs and the Environment | Selemani Jafo | |
Minister of State Policy and Parliamentary Affairs | Pindi Chana | |
Minister of State Labour, Employment, Youth and Person with Disabilities | Joyce Ndalichako | |
General Attorney | Eliezer Feleshi |

Main political party
Name of party | Foundation | Times Elected to NA | Times Won at NA | Times Won at PE |
---|---|---|---|---|
Revolutionary Party of Tanzania / Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) | 1977 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Chadema (Party for Democracy and Development) | 1993 | 6 | 0 | |
Civic United Front / Chama cha Wananchi (CUF) | 1991/1993 | 6 | 0 |

Last NA elections results
NA elections/Parties winning seats | Seats |
---|---|
2020 | |
Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (CCM) | 350 |
Chadema (Party for Democracy and Development) | 20 |
ACT Wazalendo | 4 |
Civic United Front (CUF) | 3 |
Number of parties winning seats | 4 |
Number of parties contesting | n/a |
Female MPs | 36.87% |
Voter turnout | n/a |

Last Presidential elections results
Presidential elections | ||
---|---|---|
2020 | Party | |
John Magufuli | CCM | 84.4 |
Tundu Lissu | CHADEMA | 13.04 |
Bernard Kamillius Membe | ACT | 0.55 |
Total no of candidates | 15 | |
Voter Turnout | 50.72% |
Voting System
- PE: President and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)
- NA: 264 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 113 women indirectly elected by proportional representation vote, 5 indirectly elected by simple majority vote by the Zanzibar House of Representatives, 10 appointed by the president, and 1 seat reserved for the attorney general; members serve a 5-year term); note – in addition to enacting laws that apply to the entire United Republic of Tanzania, the National Assembly enacts laws that apply only to the mainland; Zanzibar has its own House of Representatives or Baraza La Wawakilishi (82 seats; 50 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 20 women directly elected by proportional representation vote, 10 appointed by the Zanzibar president, 1 seat for the House speaker, and 1 ex-officio seat for the attorney general; elected members serve a 5-year term
Source: CIA World Factbook