By Our Correspondent,
DODOMA Tanzania
Tanzania parliament has today March 30, approved Finance and Planning Minister, Phillip Mpango (63), as the new Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
He
was approved by all the 363 members of parliament who gave a nod, this was
shortly after Mpango’s name was presented to the speaker of parliament Job
Ndugai by the President’s ADC earlier in the day.
Mpango
who is a current member of parliament for Buhigwe constituency in Kigoma region
will be sworn in as the Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania
on Wednesday, March 31 at State House Chamwino, Dodoma.
Following
the parliament confirmation, the speaker declared Buhigwe constituency, vacant
because he now ceases to be a Member of Parliament as spelt out in the
constitution.
“I
therefore wish to inform the National Electoral Commission that Buhigwe
Constituency is now vacant.” Ndugai declared.
Mpango
now fills the Vice President position left vacant by Samia Hassan who according
to Tanzania constitution was sworn in as President following the death of
former President, John Magufuli.
Until
his nomination, Mpango was the Minister for Finance and Planning of the United
Republic of Tanzania, and has been in office since November 2015.
He
previously held positions as the Acting Commissioner General of the Tanzania
Revenue Authority, the Executive Secretary in the President’s Office (Planning
Commission), the Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Economic
Affairs, the Personal Assistant to the President (Economic Affairs).
He also worked as the Head of the President’s Economic Advisory Unit, Senior Economist for the World Bank, Visiting Lecturer in Public Economics, Collaborative Masters program for Anglo-phone Africa, AERC, Nairobi-Kenya, and Lecturer, Economics Department University of Dar es Salaam.
Some
of his notable publications include: Macro-micro Linkages in the Fight Against
Poverty: Missing Links and Enabling Bridges (2004); Some Reflections on
Semi-privatization of Customs Administration in Tanzania (1996), and a chapter
on Spatial Dimensions of Economic Growth published in Tanzania Sustaining and
Sharing Growth.
Mpango
was also the Principal Supervisor for the preparation of The National Five Year
Development Plan 2011/12 – 2015/16.
He told the parliament before they voted on his nomination that he will continue to implement flagship infrastructure projects, including a new standard gauge railway and roads, and fight corruption.
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