Saada Salum

Honourable
Saada Salum
MP
14th Minister of Finance
In office
20 January 2014  5 November 2015
President Jakaya Kikwete
Preceded by William Mgimwa
Deputy Minister of Finance
In office
7 May 2012  20 January 2014
Minister William Mgimwa
Succeeded by Mwigulu Nchemba
Member of Parliament
In office
12 June 2012  July 2015
Appointed by Jakaya Kikwete
Constituency None (Nominated MP)
Personal details
Born 1975 (age 4041)[1]
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM
Alma mater Open University of Tanzania
Heriot-Watt University (MBA)

Saada Mkuya Salum (born 1975) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a nominated Member of Parliament. She is a former Minister of Finance.[2]

Early life and education

She was educated at Lumumba Secondary School,[3] and attained her Diploma in Business Studies from Stamford College in Malaysia. She graduated from The Open University of Tanzania in 2009 with a masters degree in Business and also attained her MBA from Heriot-Watt University. As of January 2014, she is pursuing her PhD in business administration from The Open University of Tanzania.[4]

Political career

She was nominated as a Member of Parliament by President Kikwete in May 2012 and subsequently appointed as the Deputy Minister of Finance. In January 2014, Salum succeeded William Mgimwa as the 14th Minister of Finance.

References

  1. "PROFILE: Tanzania's Finance Minister Saada Mkuya Salum". Reuters. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. "Tanzania appoints new finance minister in reshuffle". Reuters. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  3. "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. "Tuhuma nzito Baraza la Mawaziri". mpekuzihuru.com. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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