{UAH} Who is John Pombe Joseph Magufuli ??
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John Pombe Joseph Magufuli a born of 29 October 1959 is the President of Tanzania. Magufuli started his education at Chato Primary School from 1967 to 1974 and went on to Katoke Seminary in Biharamulo for his secondary education from 1975 to 1977 before relocating to Lake Secondary School in 1977 and completing in 1978. He joined Mkwawa High School for his A level in 1979 and completed 1981. That same year he joined Mkwawa College of Education for a Diploma in Chemistry and Mathematics Education.
He then pursued a bachelor of science in education degree majoring in chemistry and mathematics as teaching subjects from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1988. He also earned his master's and doctorate degrees in chemistry from the same university later in 1994 and 2009, respectively.
Magufuli ventured into elective politics after a short frustration as a chemistry and mathematics teacher at Sengerema Secondary School between 1982 and 1983. He quit his teaching job and was employed by the giant Nyanza Cooperative Union Ltd as an industrial chemist. He remained there from 1989 to 1995, when he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chato. He was appointed as Deputy Minister for Works in his first term as MP. He retained his seat in parliament in the 2000 election and was promoted to a full ministerial position under the same docket.
After President Jakaya Kikwete took office, he moved Magufuli to the post of Minister of Lands and Human Settlement on 4th January 2006. Subsequently he served again as Minister of Works from 2010 to 2015.
On 12 July 2015 Magufuli was nominated as CCM's presidential candidate for the 2015 election. He defeated Justice Minister and former UN Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro and African Union Ambassador to the United States Amina Salum Ali in the party primaries.
Although he faced a strong challenge from opposition candidate and CCM defector Edward Lowassa in the elections, held on 25th October 2015, Magufuli was declared the winner by the National Electoral Commission on 29th October; he received 58% of the vote. His running mate, Samia Suluhu, was also declared Vice President-elect. He was sworn in on 5th November 2015.
Presidency
Magufuli made international headlines for his impatience with corruption and waste. He cancelled Independence Day celebrations calling it a tradition for government spending and instead declared the day to be spent on street-cleaning to improve sanitation were he, himself participated. Magufuli also downsized by more than 90 percent the budget for the state dinner that usually marked the opening of parliament and ordered the money to be spent on hospital beds and road works. He cancelled foreign travel for officials and banned the purchase of first-class air tickets, although the president, his deputy and the prime minister were exempted.
Furthermore, he ordered that government meetings and workshops be held in government buildings rather than expensive hotels and cut a delegation of 50 people set to tour Commonwealth countries to just four. He publicly issued a warning to the people he would select as ministers that he would not tolerate corrupt and bureaucratic government officials and that ministers would have to work tirelessly to serve Tanzanians along with him.
On 10 December 2015, more than a month after taking office, President Magufuli announced his cabinet, composed of 19 ministers.
It had 11 fewer ministers than the previous government; some ministries were merged to save money He is married to Janet Magufuli, a primary school teacher and they have three children.
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-- He then pursued a bachelor of science in education degree majoring in chemistry and mathematics as teaching subjects from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1988. He also earned his master's and doctorate degrees in chemistry from the same university later in 1994 and 2009, respectively.
Magufuli ventured into elective politics after a short frustration as a chemistry and mathematics teacher at Sengerema Secondary School between 1982 and 1983. He quit his teaching job and was employed by the giant Nyanza Cooperative Union Ltd as an industrial chemist. He remained there from 1989 to 1995, when he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chato. He was appointed as Deputy Minister for Works in his first term as MP. He retained his seat in parliament in the 2000 election and was promoted to a full ministerial position under the same docket.
After President Jakaya Kikwete took office, he moved Magufuli to the post of Minister of Lands and Human Settlement on 4th January 2006. Subsequently he served again as Minister of Works from 2010 to 2015.
On 12 July 2015 Magufuli was nominated as CCM's presidential candidate for the 2015 election. He defeated Justice Minister and former UN Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro and African Union Ambassador to the United States Amina Salum Ali in the party primaries.
Although he faced a strong challenge from opposition candidate and CCM defector Edward Lowassa in the elections, held on 25th October 2015, Magufuli was declared the winner by the National Electoral Commission on 29th October; he received 58% of the vote. His running mate, Samia Suluhu, was also declared Vice President-elect. He was sworn in on 5th November 2015.
Presidency
Magufuli made international headlines for his impatience with corruption and waste. He cancelled Independence Day celebrations calling it a tradition for government spending and instead declared the day to be spent on street-cleaning to improve sanitation were he, himself participated. Magufuli also downsized by more than 90 percent the budget for the state dinner that usually marked the opening of parliament and ordered the money to be spent on hospital beds and road works. He cancelled foreign travel for officials and banned the purchase of first-class air tickets, although the president, his deputy and the prime minister were exempted.
Furthermore, he ordered that government meetings and workshops be held in government buildings rather than expensive hotels and cut a delegation of 50 people set to tour Commonwealth countries to just four. He publicly issued a warning to the people he would select as ministers that he would not tolerate corrupt and bureaucratic government officials and that ministers would have to work tirelessly to serve Tanzanians along with him.
On 10 December 2015, more than a month after taking office, President Magufuli announced his cabinet, composed of 19 ministers.
It had 11 fewer ministers than the previous government; some ministries were merged to save money He is married to Janet Magufuli, a primary school teacher and they have three children.
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