Anna Abdallah

Honourable
Anna Abdallah
MP
Minister of Health
In office
2000–2005
President Benjamin Mkapa
Minister of Works
In office
1995–2000
President Benjamin Mkapa
Minister of State for Regional Administration and Local Government
In office
1991–1995
President Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Personal details
Born (1940-07-26) 26 July 1940
Tanganyika
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM

Anna Margareth Abdallah (born 26 July 1940) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a special seat Member of Parliament.[1]

Education

Abdallah received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Missouri, Columbia in the United States in 1963.[2] In 1967 she received a Diploma in Home Economics from the University of London in the United Kingdom.[3]

Career

Abdallah is a member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party. She first became an MP in 1975, when there were only five other women members of Parliament.[4] A qualified nurse,[5] she was the Minister of Health for Tanzania from 2000-2005.[6][7] Other government posts she has held include Minister for Public Works (1995-2000), Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development (1991), and Minister for Local Government, Community Development, Co-operatives and Marketing.[8] Abdallah was the first woman chairperson of the committee on defense and security.[4] She served as National Chairperson of the Union of Tanzanian Women from 1994-2008.[8][2]

In 1991, she inspired the launch of the Creators of Peace (CoP) global peacemakers network at the Initiatives of Change conference centre in Caux, Switzerland, urging the participants and everyone to “create peace wherever we are, in our hearts, our homes, our workplace and our community. We all pretend that someone else is the stumbling block… Could that someone be myself?” CoP has since been active in many countries, particularly in Africa (South Africa, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Cameroon, Nigeria, Tanzania...). [9] [10]

In 1995, she was awarded the Order of the United Republic of Tanzania.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 Sheldon, Kathleen (2016-03-04). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442262935.
  3. ↑ "Members Profile >> MP CV". Parliament of Tanzania website. Archived from the original on 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  4. 1 2 Smith, David (2014-02-09). "Anna Margareth Abdallah: 'They say, "Don't vote for the woman, she wears lipstick"'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Ex-minister stays tight-lipped over AIDS drug controversy". This Day. 2007-03-08. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  6. ↑ "Welcome Note by Minister of Health". United States Embassy in Tanzania. 2005-10-10. Archived from the original on 2006-09-22. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  7. ↑ "ABBOTT TANZANIA RIBBON-CUTTING". PR Newswire at Forbes.com. 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  8. 1 2 3 O'Neil, Maureen (2003). "Diseases Without Borders: An Economic Struggle?". International Development Research Centre. Archived from the original on 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  9. ↑ "Creators of Peace". Initiatives of Change. 2015. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  10. ↑ Lean, Mary (2015). "Diseases Without Borders: An Economic Struggle?". International Development Research Centre. Retrieved 2017-10-09.


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