Palamagamba John Aidan Mwaluko Kabudi
Member of Parliament | |
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| Assumed office 2015 | |
| Appointed by | John Magufuli |
| Constituency | None (Nominated MP) 2015-2020 Kilosa 2020-present |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Palamagamba John Aidan Mwaluko Kabudi February 24, 1956 LLB ) |
Palamagamba John Aidan Mwaluko Kabudi (born February 24, 1956) is a Tanzanian lawyer who from April 2021 to January 2022 served as the country's Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs, appointed by
Early life and education
Kabudi was born in
Kabudi went to the
Political career
Professor Kabudi got his first cabinet position in the first Magufuli cabinet as the Minister of Justice and constitutional affairs. Following the death of Foreign minister Augustine Mahiga, Kabudi took over the post as the 15th Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2019. He continued to hold this post through the new Suluhu Cabinet in 2021. Following the second major reshuffle of the cabinet in January 2022, Kabudi was released from a cabinet position and was granted a special advisory role in the President's office.[2]
Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation
In 2019, Kabudi summoned Canada's High Commissioner Pamela O'Donnell to protest after a DHC Dash 8-400 turboprop, set to be delivered to state-owned Air Tanzania was impounded in a land compensation dispute.[3]
References
- ^ "Ikulu | Mwanzo".
- ^ "President Samia: Why I dropped Kabudi and Lukuvi". The Citizen. 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
- ^ Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala (November 23, 2019), Tanzania protests after plane seized in Canada over land compensation dispute Reuters.
