Hawa Ghasia

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Hawa Abdulrahman Ghasia is a Tanzanian politician. She is Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Management and a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania.

Ghasia was nominated as the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) candidate for Mtwara Rural District in the 2005 parliamentary election,[1] receiving 529 votes and defeating four other candidates for the nomination, including Juma Chinavati with 372 votes and incumbent Abdillahi Namkulala with 135 votes.[2]

Following the election, she was appointed as Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Management on January 4, 2006;[3] she remained in that position in the Cabinet named on February 12, 2008.[4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "CCM parliamentary candidates", Guardian (IPP Media), August 17, 2005.
  2. ^ "’Women power’ herald a new era in CCM", Guardian (IPP Media), August 6, 2005.
  3. ^ Hassan Muhiddin, "JK’s beefed up team", Guardian (IPP Media), January 5, 2006.
  4. ^ List of Cabinet ministers (as of February 12, 2008), Tanzanian Parliament website.
  5. ^ Angel Navuri, "JK trims cabinet size", Guardian (IPP Media), February 13, 2008.
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