Minister of Industry and Trade (Tanzania)

The Minister of Industry and Trade is the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Government of Tanzania.

Minister of Industry and Trade
Waziri wa Viwanda na Biashara
Incumbent Ashatu Kijaji since 10 January 2022
Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment
Style	Honourable Minister
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Appointer	President
Term length	At the President's discretion
Website	www.mit.go.tz

History

Previously, the industry and trade portfolios existed under separate ministries before being amalgamated into its present form.

List of ministers

The following have served the ministry:^[1]

Parties

  TANU   CCM

#	Portrait	Minister	Portfolio	Took office	Left office	President
–		G. Kahama	Trade and Industry	1962	1964	(Republic of Tanganyika)
		J. S. Kasambala	Trade and Cooperatives	1964	1965	Julius Nyerere
		A. K. Hanga	Industry, Minerals and Electricity	1964	1965
		J. S. Kasambala	Industry, Minerals and Energy	1965	1966
		Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu	Trade and Cooperatives	1965	1966
		A. Z. Nsilo Swai	Industry, Minerals and Electricity	1966	1967
1		A. M. Maalim	Trade and Industry	1967	1971
2		Paul Bomani		1971	1974
3		Amir H. Jamal		1974	1976
		Cleopa Msuya	Industry	1976	1982
		A. Rulegura	Trade	1976	1982
		A. S. Mchumo		1982	1983
.		Mustafa Nyang'anyi		1983	1986
						Ali Hassan Mwinyi
4		Basil Mramba	Industry and Trade	1986	1989
5		J. C. Rwegasira		1989	1990
6		Cleopa Msuya		1990	1995
7		William Shija		1995	2001	Benjamin Mkapa
8		Abdallah Kigoda		1996	1997
9		Kingunge Ngombale–Mwiru		1998	1999
10		Iddi Simba		2001	2002
11		Juma Ngasongwa		2002	2005
12		Nazir Karamagi	Industry, Trade and Marketing	2006	2007	Jakaya Kikwete
(4)		Basil Mramba		2007	2008
13		Mary Nagu		2008	2010
14		Cyril Chami	Industry and Trade	2010	2012
(8)		Abdallah Kigoda		2012	12 October 2015
15		Charles Mwijage	Industry, Trade and Investment	14 December 2015[2]	10 November 2018[3]	John Magufuli
16		Joseph Kakunda	Industry, Trade and Investment (— Jan 2019) Industry and Trade (Jan 2019 —)	10 November 2018[4]	8 June 2019 [5]
17		Innocent Bashungwa	Industry and Trade	8 June 2019[5]	16 June 2020
18		Geoffrey Mwambe	Industry and Trade	5 December 2020[6]	31 March 2021
19		Kitila Mkumbo	Industry and Trade	31 March 2021	8 January 2022	Samia Suluhu
20		Ashatu Kijaji	Industry, Trade and Investment	10 January 2022[7]	Incumbent