Minister of Home Affairs (Tanzania)

The Minister of Home Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Tanzania.

Minister of Home Affairs Waziri wa Mambo ya Ndani  (Swahili)
Incumbent George Simbachawene since 23 January 2020
Ministry of Home Affairs
Style	Honourable Minister
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Appointer	President
Term length	At the President's discretion
Website	www.moha.go.tz

List of ministers

The following have served the ministry:[1]

Parties

  TANU   CCM

#	Portrait	Minister	Took Office	Left Office	President
–		George Kahama	1961	1962	(Republic of Tanganyika)
–		Oscar Kambona	1962	1963
1		Lawi Sijaona	1963	1965	Julius Nyerere
2		Job Lusinde	1966	1967
3		Saidi Maswanya	1967	1973
4		Omary Muhaji	1973	1974
5		Ali Hassan Mwinyi	1975	1976
6		Hassan Moyo	1977	1978
7		Salmin Juma	1979	1980
8		Abdalla Natepe	1980	1983
9		Muhidin Kimario	1983	1989
					Ali Hassan Mwinyi
10		Nalaila Kiula	1990
11		Augustino Mrema	1990	1994
12		Ernest Nyanda	1995
13		Ali Ameir Mohamed	1995	1999	Benjamin Mkapa
14		Muhammed Seif Khatib	2000	2002
15		Omar Mapuri	2003	21 December 2005
16		John Chiligati	6 January 2006	16 October 2006	Jakaya Kikwete
17		Joseph Mungai	16 October 2006	13 February 2008
18		Lawrence Masha	13 February 2008	28 November 2010
19		Shamsi Nahodha	28 November 2010	7 May 2012
20		Emmanuel Nchimbi	7 May 2012	20 December 2013
21		Mathias Chikawe	20 January 2014	5 November 2015
22		Charles Kitwanga	14 December 2015	2016	John Magufuli
23		Mwigulu Nchemba	2016	1 July 2018	John Magufuli
24		Alphaxard Kangi Ndege Lugola	1 July 2018	23 January 2020	John Magufuli
25		George Simbachawene	23 January 2020[2]	"incumbent"	John Magufuli

References

1. "Miaka 50 ya Uhuru wa Tanzania Bara" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (Tanzania). 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
2. "Simbachawene replaces Lugola as Ilala's Zungu request granted". The Citizen. The Citizen. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.