Damas Daniel Ndumbaro (born 14 June 1971) is a Tanzanian politician, lawyer and cabinet Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.

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 52)
Songea, Tanzania
Political partyChama Cha Mapinduzi
Alma materUDSM, Open University of Tanzania

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 edit

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 edit

  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.