Frederick Tluway Sumaye (born 29 May 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was

Prime Minister of Tanzania The prime minister of Tanzania is the leader of government business in the National Assembly of Tanzania. The position is subordinated to the president of Tanzania, who is the actual head of government. The functions and powers of the prime min ...

from 28 November 1995 to 30 December 2005.

Life and career

As a member of the ruling party

Chama Cha Mapinduzi The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM, ) is the dominant, ruling party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in the history of Africa, only after the True Whig Party of Liberia. It was formed in 1977, following the merger of the Tanganyika A ...

(CCM), Sumaye was a Member of Parliament for Hanang Constituency from 1983 to 2005 and served in the Cabinet as the Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. He was the Prime Minister from 1995 to 2005.Frank Aman
"Why I join Ukawa"
''Guardian'', 23 August 2015. After leaving office, Sumaye was a Goodwill Ambassador for the

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; subsequently, in 2006, he enrolled for a year as a mid-career student in the Edward S. Mason Program at the

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, earning a

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.Brittney L. Moraski
"The news in brief: former Tanzanian prime minister coming to KSG"
''The Harvard Crimson'', 14 July 2006. Sumaye unsuccessfully sought the ruling CCM's nomination as its presidential candidate in 2015. Thereafter, he joined one of the opposition parties (CHADEMA) which was among the opposition parties that formed the opposition movement UKAWA on 22 August 2015. In a speech that he gave shortly after announcing that he was joining the opposition, Sumaye said he was doing so in order to strengthen the opposition. On 4 December 2019, Sumaye announced that he was leaving CHADEMA following his defeat in an internal party election for the Coast Zone CHADEMA chairman position. That came less than a week after the election where he was the only contestant for the position.

Honours and awards

Honours

References

1950 births Living people People from Arusha Region Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs Prime ministers of Tanzania Harvard Kennedy School alumni {{Tanzania-politician-stub