Chairman Jakaya Kikwete Political party CCM Name Abdulrahman Kinana | Succeeded by Abdirahim Abdi Nationality Tanzanian | |
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Abdulrahman Omari Kinana is a Tanzanian politician who served as the first Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006. He has been Secretary-General of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, the ruling party, since 2012.
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Background

Kinana served in the Tanzanian armed forces for 20 years before retiring as a Colonel in 1972.
He has also served as the Deputy Minister of Defence, Deputy Minister Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence. He was a member of the Tanzanian Parliament for Arusha constituency for 10 years.
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