| Innocent Lugha Bashungwa | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office1: | Minister of Works |
| Term Start1: | 1 September 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Makame Mbarawa |
| President1: | Samia Suluhu |
| Office2: | Minister of Defence and National Service |
| Term Start2: | 3 October 2022 |
| Term End2: | 31 August 2023 |
| Predecessor2: | Stergomena Tax |
| Successor2: | Stergomena Tax |
| President2: | Samia Suluhu |
| Office3: | Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports |
| Term Start3: | 5 December 2020 |
| Term End3: | 10 January 2022 |
| Predecessor3: | Harrison Mwakyembe |
| Successor3: | Mohamed Mchengerwa |
| Office4: | Minister of Industry and Trade for Tanzania |
| Term Start4: | 8 June 2019[1] |
| Term End4: | 16 June 2020 |
| Predecessor4: | Joseph Kakunda |
| Successor4: | Geofrey Mwambe |
| President4: | John Magufuli |
| Office5: | Member of Parliament for Karagwe District |
| Term Start5: | December 2015 |
| Party: | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Karagwe |
| Nationality: | Tanzanian |
| Spouse: | Jennifer Bash |
| Alma Mater: | St. John's University of Tanzania Columbia University Open University of Tanzania |
Innocent Lugha Bashungwa (born May 5, 1979) is a Tanzanian politician who has served as the Minister of Works in Tanzania since 2023. He previously served as Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Minister of Defence and a Minister of State in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) in Tanzania and is a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi political party.[2] He was elected MP representing Karagwe in 2015.
He was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture by President John Magufuli on 10 November 2018. On November 13, 2018, he was sworn in as Deputy Minister.[3] In June 2019, Joseph Kakunda was replaced by Innocent Bashungwa as the minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, he went on to serve at this docket for a year before the parliament was dissolved on June 16, 2020.[4]
In Magufuli's second cabinet, he was appointed as the Minister of Information, Culture, Artists and Sports.[5] Following the January 2022 reshuffle of the Suluhu Cabinet, he assumed the position of the Minister of State in the President's Office.[6]