Gertrude Mongella
| Gertrude Mongella | |
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| Member of the Tanzanian Parliament | |
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In office 2000 – 2010 Prior term: 1980-1993 |
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| Succeeded by | Machemli Naluyaga |
| Constituency | Ukerewe |
| 1st President of the Pan-African Parliament | |
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In office May 2004 – May 2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Idriss Ndele Moussa |
| Constituency | Tanzania |
| Tanzanian High Commissioner to India | |
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In office 1991–1992 |
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| President | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
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In office 1987–1990 |
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| President | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |
| Minister of Lands, Tourism and Natural Resources | |
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In office 1985–1987 |
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| President | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 September 1945 Ukerewe Island, Tanganyika |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | CCM |
| Spouse(s) | Silvin |
| Children |
3
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| Alma mater | UDSM (BA) |
Gertrude Ibengwe Mongella (born September 13, 1945) is a Tanzanian politician who is the first president of the Pan-African Parliament.
Mongella was born in 1945, on Ukerewe Island. In 1970, President Mongella graduated from the University of East Africa in Dar es Salaam. For four years she was a tutor at Dar es Salaam Teachers Training College. In 1974 she became curriculum developer for the Dar es Salaam Institutes of Education, which she did until 1978. From 1977 until 1992 President Mongella was a Member of the Central Committee and National Executive Committee of the CCM party. From 1975 until 1982 she was a member of the Council of the University of Dar es Salaam, Also during this time she was on the Board of Directors for the Tanzania Rural Development Bank. From 1978 to 1982 she was a School Inspector.
In the mid seventies President Mongella was a Member of the East African Legislative Assembly. Throughout the 1980s and for some part of the 1990s Mrs. Mongella was a member of the Parliament of Tanzania. From 1982 until 1988 Mongella was Minister of State within the Prime Minister's office, from there she became Minister of Lands, Tourism and Natural Resources a post she held from 1985 to 1987. Finally, from 1987 to 1990 she was a Minister Without Portfolio within the President's Office.
In 1985 Mongella became Vice-Chairperson to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the UN Decade for Women. In 1989 Mongella was Tanzanian Representative to the Commission on the Status of Women. From 1990 to 1993 she was a Member of the Trustee to the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).
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