Naimi Sweetie Hamza Aziz (born 12 January 1966) has been the Tanzanian ambassador to the

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and later to

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Life

Aziz was born in 1966. She studied in India and graduated in political science from

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, Delhi University. She later completed a master's degree in foreign affairs and trade in Australia at

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. In 2000 she was in Belgium working at the embassy that was responsible for diplomacy with the European Union. In 2013 she became an ambassador based in

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. Her principal diplomatic mission was to Ethiopia and the African Union but she was also accredited to represent Tanzania in Djibouti, Yemen and the Economic Commission for Africa. In 2020 she was recalled after a report alleged that her embassy was the site of embezzlement. She completed her time as the ambassador to Ethiopia and to the African Union in 2020. She became the ambassador to Austria, based in Vienna in 2023. She was appointed by the President Samia Suluhu Hassan. She is her country's representative to the United Nations in Vienna.

Private life

Aziz is single and she has a child.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aziz, Naimi Sweetie Hamza 1966 births Living people Monash University alumni Delhi University alumni Ambassadors of Tanzania to Ethiopia Ambassadors of Tanzania to Austria Permanent representatives of Tanzania to the African Union Tanzanian women ambassadors