Magufuli cabinets explained

The Magufuli Cabinet was formed by President of Tanzania John Magufuli after taking the oath of office on 5 November 2015. Magufuli won the 2015 general election with 58% of the vote in a tightly contested race against ex-CCM Chadema rival Edward Lowassa. After being sworn in on 5 November 2015, Magufuli announced his cabinet almost a month later, on 10 December 2015. He reduced the cabinet to 19 ministers from 30 in the previous cabinet.^[1] The Second Cabinet's tenure was cut short on 19 March 2021, following the death of President John Magufuli, and the swearing-in of Samia Suluhu Hassan as the new president.

First Term

Inaugural Cabinet

Magufuli's running mate during the 2015 general election was Samia Suluhu; his victory secured Tanzania's first female Vice President of Tanzania. His next appointment was Kassim Majaliwa for the post of Prime Minister.

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Portfolio	Incumbent
	President Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces		John Magufuli
	Vice President		Samia Suluhu
	President of Zanzibar		Ali Mohamed Shein
	Prime Minister
	Ministers of State in the President’s Office
	Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office
	Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
	Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
	Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice
	Minister of Defence and National Service
	Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training
	Minister of Energy and Minerals
	Minister of Finance and Planning
	Minister of Foreign Affairs, E.A.C., Regional and International Cooperation
	Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Seniors and Children
	Minister of Home Affairs
	Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
	Minister of Information, Culture, Artists and Sports
	Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements
	Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism
	Minister of Water and Irrigation
	Minister of Works, Transport and Communication
Also attending Cabinet meetings (excluding voting rights)
	Attorney General		George Masaju

Changes

• Charles Kitwanga was replaced on 21 May 2016 as the minister of home affairs after he attended a parliamentary session under the influence of alcohol.^[2]
• Nape Nnauye was relieved of his duty on 23 March 2017 from the post of Minister of Information, Culture, Artists and Sports. Harrison Mwakyembe the Minister of Justice and constitutional affairs at the time took his position and was replaced by Palamagamba John Aidan Mwaluko Kabudi.^[3]
• Sospeter Muhongo was suspended on 24 May 2017 as the Minister of Energy and Minerals after he was implicated in the mineral saga report. His position remained vacant until the first cabinet reshuffle of October 2017.

Cabinet Reshuffle

Magufuli conducts his first major reshuffle on 7 October 2017 increasing the number of ministries from 19 to 21. The biggest change was the splitting of the Ministry of Energy and Minerals into two separate ministries. Furthermore, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries was split into two, one being the Ministry of Agriculture and the other being the Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries.^[4]

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Portfolio	Incumbent
	President Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces		John Magufuli
	Vice President		Samia Suluhu
	President of Zanzibar		Ali Mohamed Shein
	Prime Minister
	Ministers of State in the President’s Office
	Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office
	Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
	Minister of Agriculture
	Minister of Livestock and Fisheries
	Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice
	Minister of Defence and National Service
	Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training
	Minister of Energy
	Minister of Minerals
	Minister of Finance and Planning
	Minister of Foreign Affairs, E.A.C., Regional and International Cooperation
	Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Seniors and Children
	Minister of Home Affairs
	Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
	Minister of Information, Culture, Artists and Sports
	Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements
	Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism
	Minister of Works, Transport and Communication
	Minister of Water and Irrigation
Also attending Cabinet meetings (excluding voting rights)
	Attorney General		Adelardus Kilangi

Changes

• George Masaju was promoted to a Judge at the High Court of Tanzania and the Adelardus Kilangi was appointed as the new Attorney General on February 1, 2020.^[5]
• Mwigulu Nchemba was replaced by Alphaxard Kangi Lugola as the minister of home affairs on 30 June 2018.^[6]
• Charles Mwijage was replaced by Joseph Kakunda as the minister of industry, trade and investment on 10 November 2018 by the president following a national cashew nut price saga.^[7]
• Charles Tizeba was replaced by Japhet Hasunga as the minister of Agriculture on 10 November 2018 following a national cashew nut price saga.
• Angellah Kairuki was appointed to a new position under the Minister of State in the President’s Office for investments, Doto Biteko took over as the new Minister of Minerals on January 9, 2019.^[8]
• Augustine Mahiga the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Palamagamba Kabudi the Minister of Justice had their appoints switched on March 3, 2019^[9]
• Joseph Kakunda was replaced by Innocent Bashungwa as the minister of Industry, Trade and Investment on June 8, 2019.^[10]
• January Makamba was replaced by George Simbachawene as the new Minister of State in the Vice President's Office on 21 July 2019.
• Alphaxard Lugola was replaced by George Simbachawene as the Minister of Home affairs and Mussa Zungu replaced Simbachawene as the Minister of State in the Vice President's Office on January 23, 2020.^[11]
• Mwigulu Nchemba was reinstated into the cabinet as the Ministry of Constitutional and Legal Affairs following the death of Augustine Mahiga on May 2, 2020.^[12]

Second Term

Following Magufuli's reelection in the 2020 Tanzanian general election, Magufuli unveiled his new cabinet on December 5, 2020. In total, the cabinet includes a docket of 23 ministers, up 1 from his previous cabinet.^[13] The ministry of Works, Transport and Communications was broken out into two, The Ministry of Works & Transport and the other being the Ministry of Communications and ICT. This cabinet ended its tenure following the death of President John Magufuli.

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Portfolio	Incumbent
	President Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces		John Magufuli
	Vice President		Samia Suluhu
	President of Zanzibar		Hussein Mwinyi
	Prime Minister
	Ministers of State in the President’s Office
			Kitila Mkumbo MP
	Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office
	Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office
	Minister of Agriculture
	Minister of Livestock and Fisheries
	Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice
	Minister of Defence and National Service		Elias John Kwandikwa MP
	Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational Training
	Minister of Energy
	Minister of Minerals
	Minister of Finance and Planning
	Minister of Foreign Affairs, E.A.C., Regional and International Cooperation
	Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Seniors and Children
	Minister of Home Affairs
	Minister of Industry and Trade		Geofrey Mwambe MP
	Minister of Information, Culture, Artists and Sports
	Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements
	Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism		Damas Ndumbaro MP
	Minister of Works and Transport		Leonard Chamuriho MP
	Minister of Water and Irrigation		Jumaa Aweso MP
	Minister of Communication & ICT		Faustine Ndugulile MP
Also attending Cabinet meetings (excluding voting rights)
	Attorney General		Adelardus Kilangi

External links

• Government website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mohammed. Omar. Tanzania's Magufuli finally names his cabinet—and it's almost half the size of his predecessor's. Quartz Africa. 11 December 2015 . 12 December 2015.
2. News: Tanzanian president sacks minister for being drunk on the job. 27 May 2016. Reuters. 2017-10-09.
3. News: Information Minister Nnauye replaced in Cabinet reshuffle. The East African. 23 March 2017. 30 April 2020. Christopher. Kidanka. en-UK.
4. News: Tanzania: Energy and Minerals Docket Now Gets Two Ministers in New Reshuffle. 9 October 2017. AllAfrica. The Citizen.
5. Web site: Kamagi. Deogratius. 2020-06-17. Tanzania: Masaju, Kilangi in Defence of National Interests. 2020-07-13. allAfrica.com. en.
6. Web site: Lema, Nape, Zitto react to Magufuli sacking Mwigulu Nchemba as. The Citizen. en. 2019-06-02.
7. News: Tanzania president fires two ministers over cashew nut prices, govt.... https://web.archive.org/web/20181111163954/https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1NG0F4-OZATP. dead. 2018-11-11. 2018-11-11. Reuters. 2019-06-02. en.
8. News: Magufuli amteua waziri mpya Tanzania. sw. BBC News Swahili. 2020-07-13.
9. Web site: Editor. EABW. 2019-05-14. EALA swears in Tanzania's foreign affairs & EAC minister as ex-officio member. 2020-07-12. East African Business Week. en-GB.
10. Web site: Magufuli sacks Industry Minister, TRA boss, appoints successors. 2020-07-12. The Citizen. en.
11. Web site: Simbachawene replaces Lugola as Ilala's Zungu request granted. 2020-07-12. The Citizen. en.
12. Web site: President Magufuli reinstates Mwigulu Nchemba to cabinet. 2020-07-12. The Citizen. en.
13. Web site: Magufuli's unveils his cabinet 30 days after taking oath. 2020-12-07. The Citizen. en.