| Cabinet Name: | Kikwete Cabinet |
| Cabinet Number: | 4th |
| Jurisdiction: | Tanzania |
| Flag: | Flag of Tanzania.svg |
| Flag Border: | true |
| Date Formed: | 6 January 2006 |
| Date Dissolved: | 5 November 2015 |
| Government Head: | Jakaya Kikwete |
| State Head: | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Members Number: | 31 |
| Political Party: | CCM |
| Legislature Status: | Majority |
| Opposition Leader: | Mr. Hamad Mohamed Mr. Freeman Mbowe |
| Election: | 2005 general election |
| Legislature Term: | 5 years |
| Previous: | Mkapa Cabinet |
| Successor: | Magufuli Cabinet |
The Kikwete Cabinet was formed by President Jakaya Kikwete after taking the oath of office on 21 December 2005. Kikwete had won a landslide victory in the 2005 presidential election receiving 80.2 percent of the popular vote.[1] His inaugural cabinet had seven women ministers, the highest in the nation's history.[2]
Kikwete's first appointment was Johnson Mwanyika as Attorney General. Mwanyika was sworn in on 24 December 2005. Edward Lowassa was then nominated as Prime Minister and was approved overwhelmingly by the National Assembly. He was sworn in on 30 December 2005; the same day President Kikwete inaugurated the 9th Parliament.[3] The inaugural cabinet ministers took oath of office on 6 January 2006.
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President Kikwete made his first cabinet reshuffle in October 2006 which resulted in ten ministers swapping their portfolios.[4] The energy crisis at the time may have necessitated the President's decision.[5]
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Attorney General Johnson Mwanyika was succeeded by Frederick Werema in 2009.
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