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Damas Ndumbaro

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Damas Daniel Ndumbaro
Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports
Assumed office
1 September 2023
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byPindi Chana
Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice
In office
1 April 2022 – 31 August 2023
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byGeorge Simbachawene
Succeeded byPindi Chana
Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism
In office
5 December 2020 – 1 April 2022
PresidentJohn Magufuli
Preceded byHamisi Kigwangalla
Succeeded byPindi Chana
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
November 2017
Preceded byLeonidas Gama
ConstituencySongea Urban 2020-present
Nominated 2017-2020
Personal details
Born (1971-06-14) 14 June 1971 (age 53)
Songea, Tanzania
Political partyChama Cha Mapinduzi
Alma materUDSM, Open University of Tanzania

Damas Daniel Ndumbaro (born 14 June 1971) is a Tanzanian politician, lawyer and cabinet Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports.

He was a Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism and a politician who presently serves as a Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Member of Parliament for Songea Urban constituency for the second term since 2015. Also was the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority since March 2013.[1][2] He was an Advocate and a Lecturer of law at the Open University of Tanzania before joining politics and won a majority vote election in Songea Urban constituency under the ruling party CCM.

Political career

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In 2018, he was appointed by President John Magufuli, as the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation.[3] In December 2020 after the 2020 general election, in Magufuli's 2nd cabinet he was appointed the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism.[4] He continued in this docket following the death of Magufuli, however, in April 2022 he was made the new Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice in Samia Suluhu's cabinet.[5] On 1 September 2023, following Samia Suluhu's cabinet reshfulle, he assumed the new post as Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Change of management at TAZARA". 2 March 2013. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Profile:Damas Daniel Ndumbaro". Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Foreign Ministry Tanzania". Archived from the original on 2017-11-21.
  4. ^ "Analysts scrutinise Magufuli's latest cabinet". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  5. ^ "Tanzania President Samia makes mini Cabinet reshuffle". The East African. 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ^ Admin (2023-09-01). "Tanzania Cabinet Reshuffle: President Samia Announces Key Appointments and Changes". TanzaniaInvest. Retrieved 2023-09-11.