Damas Ndumbaro

Damas Daniel Ndumbaro (born 14 June 1971) is a Tanzanian politician, lawyer and cabinet Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports.

Honorable Damas Daniel Ndumbaro MP
Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2023
President	Samia Suluhu
Preceded by	Pindi Chana
Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice
In office 1 April 2022 – 31 August 2023
President	Samia Suluhu
Preceded by	George Simbachawene
Succeeded by	Pindi Chana
Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism
In office 5 December 2020 – 1 April 2022
President	John Magufuli
Preceded by	Hamisi Kigwangalla
Succeeded by	Pindi Chana
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2017
Preceded by	Leonidas Gama
Constituency	Songea Urban 2020-present Nominated 2017-2020
Personal details
Born	(1971-06-14) 14 June 1971 (age 54) Songea, Tanzania
Political party	Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Alma mater	UDSM, Open University of Tanzania

He was a Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism and a politician who presently serves as a Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Member of Parliament for Songea Urban constituency for the second term since 2015. Also, he was the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority since March 2013.^[1][2] He was an Advocate and a Lecturer of law at the Open University of Tanzania before joining politics and won a majority vote election in Songea Urban constituency under the ruling party CCM.

Political career

In 2018, he was appointed by President John Magufuli, as the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation.^[3] In December 2020, after the 2020 general election, in Magufuli's 2nd cabinet, he was appointed the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism.^[4] He continued in this docket following the death of Magufuli. However, in April 2022 he was made the new Minister of Constitutional Affairs and Justice in Samia Suluhu's cabinet.^[5] On 1 September 2023, following Samia Suluhu's cabinet reshuflle, he assumed a new post as Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports.^[6]