Hawa Ghasia
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Hawa Abdulrahman Ghasia is a Tanzania
n politician. She is Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Management and a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania
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Ghasia was nominated as the Chama Cha Mapinduzi
(CCM) candidate for Mtwara Rural District in the 2005 parliamentary election, receiving 529 votes and defeating four other candidates for the nomination, including Juma Chinavati with 372 votes and incumbent Abdillahi Namkulala with 135 votes.
Following the election, she was appointed as Minister of State
in the President's Office for Public Service and Management on January 4, 2006; she remained in that position in the Cabinet named on February 12, 2008.
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
n politician. She is Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Management and a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania
National Assembly of Tanzania
The National Assembly of Tanzania and the President of the United Republic make up the Parliament of Tanzania. The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Hon. Anna Makinda, who presides over an assembly of 357 members.- History :...
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Ghasia was nominated as the Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Chama Cha Mapinduzi
The Chama cha Mapinduzi is the ruling political party of Tanzania.- History :The party was created February 5, 1977, under the leadership of Julius Nyerere as the merger of the Tanganyika African National Union , the then ruling party in Tanganyika, and the Afro-Shirazi Party , the then ruling...
(CCM) candidate for Mtwara Rural District in the 2005 parliamentary election, receiving 529 votes and defeating four other candidates for the nomination, including Juma Chinavati with 372 votes and incumbent Abdillahi Namkulala with 135 votes.
Following the election, she was appointed as Minister of State
Minister of State
Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister...
in the President's Office for Public Service and Management on January 4, 2006; she remained in that position in the Cabinet named on February 12, 2008.