| Date of Birth |
1st January 1925, at Ikizu S.D.A. Mission
, Musoma |
| Marital Status |
Married with 9 Children |
| Education |
1976
|
M.A. in International Relations, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore , U.S.A. |
| 1954 |
Diploma - Loughborough College, Leicester - Uk. |
| 1945 |
Ikizu S.D.A. Secondary and Teacher Training School |
| 1939 |
Primary School Education - Nassa S.D.A. School -
Mwanza |
| GOVERNMENT
ASSIGNMENTS |
| 1960 |
Minister of Natural Resources and
Cooperative Development. |
| 1962 |
Minister of Finance of the Republic of
Tanganyika |
| 1964 |
Minister of Finance and economic Affairs
of the United Republic of Tanzania |
| 1965 |
Minister of economic Affairs and
development Planning |
| 1970 |
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Mining |
| 1972 -1983 |
Ambassador to the United States of America
and the Republic of Mexico |
| 1983 |
Minister for Mineral Resources and Mining |
| 1984 |
Minister for Lands , Natural Resources,
Tourism and Housing |
| 1986 |
Minister for Agriculture and
Marketing |
| 1988 |
Minister for Labour and Social Welfare |
| 1989 |
Minister for Local Government, Marketing,
Cooperative and Community Development |
| 1990 |
Minister President's Office, responsible
for the Implementation and Coordination
of Cabinet Policy |
| OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
AND POSITION |
| 1955 |
General Manager, Victoria Federation of
Cooperative Unions Ltd. Mwanza
( Cotton ginning and Marketing) |
| 1950 |
President, Lake Province Cotton Growers
Association, the cotton farmers mobilization conference, and
precursor to the Cooperative Movement |
| 1952 |
President, Sukuma Union |
| 1954 |
Member of the Legislative Council (LEGCO)
appointed by the British governor-general. |
| 1958 |
Member of the Rammage Constitutional
Reform Committee ( established
Universal Franchise. |
| 1961 |
Member of the Ian Macleod Constitutional
Committee ( which ushered in the independence of Tanganyika). |
| 1960 -1985 |
Member of Parliament |
| 1968 |
Member of the Philip Commission for the
Treaty and establishment of the East
African Community |
| 1962 - 1970 |
Governor of IRBD (World Bank); attended
Annual General Meetings of the IMF and IRBD |
| 1965 |
Member of Makerere University Council and Nairobi
University Advisory Council . |
| 1975 - 1982 |
Councilor, American University Advisory
Board |
| 1980 - 1986 |
President International Cotton Insitute;
Washington D.C. U.S.A. and Brussels; Belgium. |
| CURRENT POSITIONS |
| 1992 todate |
Chairman , Tanzania Breweries Limited and
Tanzania Distilleries Limited |
| 1993 todate |
Chancellor, University of Dar es Salaam |
LEISURE
= Swimming,
= Reading
= Music |