Samia Suluhu
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| 10th Vice President of Tanzania | |
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Assumed office 5 November 2015 |
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| President | John Magufuli |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Gharib Bilal |
| Minister of State for Union Affairs | |
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In office 28 November 2010 – 5 November 2015 |
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| President | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Preceded by | Muhammed Seif Khatib |
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Member of Parliament for Makunduchi |
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In office November 2010 – July 2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Ameir Timbe |
| Zanzibar Minister of Tourism, Trade and Investment |
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In office 2005–2010 |
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| President | Amani Karume |
| Zanzibar Minister of Labour, Gender Development and Children | |
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In office 2000–2005 |
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| President | Amani Karume |
| Personal details | |
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27 January 1960 Sultanate of Zanzibar |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | CCM |
| Spouse(s) | Hafidh Ameir (m. 1978) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
IDM, Mzumbe (AdvDip) Manchester (PGDip) OUT–SNHU (MSc) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Twitter handle | SuluhuSamia |
| Website | www |
Samia Hassan Suluhu (born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian CCM politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Makunduchi constituency from 2010 to 2015 and has been Minister of State in the Vice President's Office for Union Affairs since 2010. She became Tanzania's first-ever female Vice President after she was announced Vice President of Tanzania in the 2015 General Elections, alongside John Magufuli the President.
Prior to this, she served as a minister in the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar in the administration of President Amani Karume. In 2014, she was elected as the Vice Chairperson of the Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the country's new constitution.
Suluhu was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar. After completing her secondary education in 1977, she was employed by the Ministry of Planning and Development as a clerk. She pursued a number of short-courses on a part-time basis. In 1986, she graduated from the Institute of Development Management (present-day Mzumbe University) with an advanced diploma in public administration.
Upon graduation, she was employed on a project funded by the World Food Programme. Between 1992 and 1994, she attended the University of Manchester and graduated with a postgraduate diploma in economics. In 2015, she obtained her MSc in Community Economic Development via a joint-programme between the Open University of Tanzania and the Southern New Hampshire University.
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