Date formed 6 January 2006 Head of government Jakaya Kikwete No. of ministers 31 | Date dissolved 5 November 2015 Head of state Jakaya Kikwete Member party CCM | |
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The Kikwete Cabinet was formed by President Jakaya Kikwete after taking the oath of office on 21 December 2005. Kikwete had won a landslide victory in the 2005 presidential election receiving 80.2 percent of the popular vote. His inaugural cabinet had seven women ministers, the highest in the nation's history.
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Inaugural Cabinet
Kikwete's first appointment was Johnson Mwanyika as Attorney General. Mwanyika was sworn in on 24 December 2005. Edward Lowassa was then nominated as Prime Minister and was approved overwhelmingly by the National Assembly. He was sworn in on 30 December 2005; the same day President Kikwete inaugurated the 9th Parliament. The inaugural cabinet ministers took oath of office on 6 January 2006.
First reshuffle
President Kikwete made his first cabinet reshuffle in October 2006 which resulted in ten ministers swapping their portfolios. The energy crisis at the time may have necessitated the President's decision.
Changes
Changes
Attorney General Johnson Mwanyika was succeeded by Frederick Werema in 2009.