Mizengo kayanza peter pinda biography

Tanzanian politician

Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda (born 12 August ) is a Tanzanian CCM politician who was the 11th prime minister of Tanzania from to He was a Member of Parliament from to ^[1]

Life and career

Pinda was born in the former northern Rukwa Region which is now Mpanda District of Katavi Region.^[2] He holds a degree in law from the University of Dar es Salaam, which he earned in ^[2][3]

He was assistant private secretary to the president from to and clerk to the cabinet from to He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Mpanda East constituency in the general election, and he also became Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Administration and Local Governments in ^[3] He was promoted to the rank of Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, while remaining in charge of regional administration and local governments, in the Cabinet named on January 4, ^[4]

Pinda was nomi