Tanzania’s president sacks foreign minister, appoints former defence minister Stergomena Tax to the post

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Tanzania’s president sacks foreign minister, appoints former defence minister Stergomena Tax to the post

11:27 CAT | 03 Oct 2022

From left to right: New Minister of Foreign Affairs Stergomena Tax, new Defence Minister Innocent Bashungwa and new Minister of State in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) Angelah Kairuki were sworn into office this morning in Dar es Salam [Photo: Twitter / @ikulumawasliano]

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has made a minor Cabinet reshuffle, sacking Foreign Affairs Minister Liberata Mulamula.

According to a statement released late Sunday by the Directorate of Presidential Communications, Mulamula has been replaced by Stergomena Tax, who has been serving as defence minister and is also the former executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

The statement said President Hassan has appointed Innocent Bashungwa as minister of defence. Before the appointment, he was Minister of State in the President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government).

The statement further said that the president has recalled former Cabinet minister Angelah Kairuki to serve as Minister of State in the President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government).

All of the ministers were to be sworn in on Monday, the statement added.

Waziri wa TAMISEMI Mhe. Angellah Jasmine Kairuki, Waziri wa Ulinzi na Jeshi la kujenga Taifa Mhe. Innocent Lugha Bashungwa pamoja na Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki Mhe. Dkt. Stergomena Lawrence Tax wakiapa Kiapo cha Maadili @venusnyota pic.twitter.com/qgVO2aV9jP

— ikulu_Tanzania (@ikulumawasliano) October 3, 2022