Honourable January Makamba MP |
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Minister of State in the Vice President's Office |
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Assumed office 12 December 2015 |
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Vice President | Samia Suluhu |
Deputy Minister of Communication, Science and Technology |
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In office 7 May 2012 – 5 November 215 |
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Minister | Makame Mbarawa |
Preceded by | Charles Kitwanga |
Member of Parliament for Bumbuli |
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Assumed office November 2010 |
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Preceded by | William Shellukindo |
Personal details | |
Born |
Singida, Tanzania |
28 January 1974
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 |
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.