Andrew Chenge

Andrew John Chenge (born 24 December 1947) is a Tanzanian CCM politician. He is currently the longest serving Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania, a former Minister of Infrastructure, and a former Member of Parliament for Bariadi West constituency from 2005 to 2020.^[1]

Honourable Andrew Chenge MP
Minister of Infrastructure Development
In office 2006–2008
President	Jakaya Kikwete
Succeeded by	Shukuru Kawambwa
1st Minister of East African Cooperation
In office 6 January 2006 – 16 October 2006
President	Jakaya Kikwete
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Msabaha
Member of Parliament for Bariadi West
In office December 2005 – June 2020
Preceded by	Isaac Cheyo
Succeeded by	Kundo Mathew
5th Attorney General of Tanzania
In office 1993–2005
Appointed by	Ali Hassan Mwinyi 1993–95) Benjamin Mkapa (1995–05)
Preceded by	Damian Lubuva
Succeeded by	Johnson Mwanyika
Personal details
Born	(1947-12-24) 24 December 1947 (age 77) Tanganyika
Nationality	Tanzanian
Political party	CCM
Alma mater	University of Dar es Salaam Harvard University (LL.M)

Background

After serving as Attorney-General, he was appointed as Minister of East African Affairs in the Cabinet named on January 4, 2006.^[2] He was then appointed as Minister of Infrastructure on October 15, 2006,^[3] retaining that post in the Cabinet named on February 12, 2008.^[4] He resigned on 20 April 2008 after it was revealed by UK's Serious Fraud Office that he holds US$ 1million (over 1 billion Tanzania shillings) in an overseas offshore account, allegedly as kickbacks from a controversial military radar deal between UK's BAE Systems and Tanzania government which he partly oversaw while serving as Attorney-General. However, an investigation by Tanzania's Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau concluded that Chenge was not related to the radar scam. ^[5][6]

In 2009, Andrew Chenge was involved in an accident in Dar es Salaam in which two women died. He was later convicted of dangerous driving and fined 700,000 Tsh.

He was reelected in November 2015 as a parliamentary representative for the Bariadi West Constituency. He has also been appointed as the presiding Chairman of Parliament as of January 2015.^[7]