Samia Suluhu Hassan
President of Tanzania since 2021 · Tanzania · Politicians · Born 1960 · age 66
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Something wrong?Born in Zanzibar on 27 January 1960, Suluhu Hassan spent a decade as a minister in the semi-autonomous region before entering parliament in 2010 and serving as Minister of State for Union Affairs.
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International leaders sign joint statement at COP26 (51649202102) (Suluhu crop)
Kamala Harris and Samia Suluhu Hassan at the VP Office in 2022
Droupadi Murmu met with Samia Suluhu during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
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External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar calling on Tanzanian President H.E. Samia Suluhu on 8 July 2023 (cropped)
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar calling on Tanzanian President H.E. Samia Suluhu on 8 July 2023.jpg?width=1200)
International leaders sign joint statement at COP26 (51649202102).jpg?width=1200)
International leaders sign joint statement at COP26 (51650028816)In their own words 10
, The level of vaccine inequity that we see is appalling.
After the onset of the pandemic, we in Tanzania, and I believe in many other developing countries, were stuck in the twilight of protecting lives and livelihoods.
the burden of expectation to deliver gender equality is heavier on my shoulders.
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Born in Zanzibar on 27 January 1960, Suluhu Hassan spent a decade as a minister in the semi-autonomous region before entering parliament in 2010 and serving as Minister of State for Union Affairs. She became Tanzania's first female vice-president in 2015, running on the Chama Cha Mapinduzi ticket with John Magufuli, and the pair won re-election in 2020. When Magufuli died on 19 March 2021, she ascended to the presidency and quickly pivoted from his COVID denialism, implementing pandemic controls and pushing infrastructure expansion and foreign investment. But the early reformist sheen faded: in 2025 her government banned the opposition party Chadema from the election, charged its leader Tundu Lissu with treason, and oversaw a vote stained by violence and irregularities that triggered street protests. By 2026 independent observers were describing her rule as authoritarian, marking Tanzania's drift toward dictatorship.
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