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January Makamba

Honourable
January Makamba
MP
January Makamba 2012.jpg
Minister of State in the
Vice President's Office
Assumed office
12 December 2015
Vice President Samia Suluhu
Deputy Minister of Communication,
Science and Technology
In office
7 May 2012 – 5 November 215
Minister Makame Mbarawa
Preceded by Charles Kitwanga
Member of Parliament
for Bumbuli
Assumed office
November 2010
Preceded by William Shellukindo
Personal details
Born (1974-01-28) 28 January 1974 (age 43)
Singida, Tanzania
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM
Spouse(s) Ramona Urassa
Relations Yusuf Makamba (father)
Children 2
Residence Dar es Salaam
Alma mater St. John’s University
George Mason University
Religion Islam
Website www.januarymakamba.com

January Yusuf Makamba (born 28 January 1974) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bumbuli constituency since 2010. In December 2015, he was appointed as a Minister of State in the Vice President’s Office for Union Affairs and Environment.

Makamba was born in Singida Region and is the eldest of four children. His father, Yusuf Makamba, a stalwart of the country's dominant ruling party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and had served as its Secretary General. His mother, Josephine, is from Missenyi District in Kagera Region. He spent his early childhood in his ancestral home of Mahezangulu village in Lushoto District and at his maternal grandmother's village in Kagera Region, which was at the time invaded by Ugandan troops during the Uganda–Tanzania War.

He was educated at Handeni and Galanos secondary schools in Tanga Region; and at Forest Hill High School. He attended Quincy College in Massachusetts, United States for a preliminary course before transferring to Saint John's University in Minnesota, where he majored in Peace Studies. He then undertook an internship at the Carter Center, before obtaining his MSc in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University in 2004.


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