Hussein Mohamed Bashe
MP
Minister of Agriculture
Assumed office
10 January 2022
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byAdolf Mkenda
Member of Parliament
for Nzega Urban
Assumed office
12 December 2015
Personal details
Born (1975-08-26) 26 August 1975
Nzega, Tabora, Tanzania
Political partyCCM
Alma materMzumbe University (BSc)
Websitehusseinbashe.org

Hussein Mohamed Bashe (born 26 August 1975) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Nzega Urban constituency since 2015.[1][2] Bashe belongs to the Habr Awal subclan of the Isaaq Somali. In January 2022, he was appointed Agriculture Minister.[3]

Political career

Bashe has consistently been affiliated with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and has made multiple attempts to run for the Nzega Urban constituency, his birthplace, across several general elections. He came third in the primary in 2005. However, in the 2010 primary, he contested in the primaries and defeated Lucas Selelii who was trying to retain the constituency. Despite winning the party primary, Bashe was disqualified from the race by the ruling CCM's Central Committee due to allegations surrounding his citizenship status.[4] Later on, the government confirmed Bashe's legal citizenship, however, this was not in time for the ticket.[5][6]

In the subsequent 2015 election, he won the primary and Bashe triumphed with 18,774 votes, defeating his closest rival, Charles Mabula from the Chadema party, who received 9,568 votes.[7] He successfully ran for re-election in 2020, securing his seat with 84.58% of the popular vote and a total of 16,082 votes.[8][9]

On 22 July 2019, he got his first major cabinet position as he was appointed as deputy Minister of Agriculture by John Magufuli.[10][11] He continued this role in Samia Suluhu Hassan's presidency and was promoted to the minister of agriculture in January 2022.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Parliament of Tanzania". www.parliament.go.tz. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. ↑ Kamagi, Deogratius (2018-05-07). "Tanzania: 90,000 Tonnes of Crude Cooking Oil to Be Released". The Citizen (Dar es Salaam). Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  3. 1 2 Owere, Paul; Wambura, Bethsheba (8 January 2022). "President Samia rings changes in cabinet". The Citizen. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Is citizenship a tool to silence critics in Tanzania?". The Citizen. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  5. ↑ "Is citizenship now used to 'fix' critics?". The Citizen. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  6. ↑ "Run for the constituency – Bashe". 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Tanzania Government Gazette" (PDF). Tanzania Gazette. 45 (97 (2016)): 100. ISSN 0856-0323 – via Tanzanian Government.
  8. ↑ "Tanzania Government Gazette" (PDF). Tanzania Government Gazette. 102 (2021) (1): 20. 5 January 2021. ISSN 0856-0323 – via Tanzania Government.
  9. ↑ "Hussein Mohamed Bashe, Life In Politics". Hussein Bashe Organisation. 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  10. ↑ "Magufuli hints at why he fired Environment minister January Makamba". The Citizen. 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  11. ↑ Mohamed, Ahmed (2019-07-22). "Tanzanian leader appoints first Somali person as deputy agriculture minister HalQaran.com -". HalQaran.com. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
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