Tanzanian Prez appoints 1st woman Defence Minister

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Tanzanian Prez appoints 1st woman Defence Minister

September 14, 2021
Updated: 04:37 pm

Tanzanian Prez appoints 1st woman Defence Minister

Dar es Salaam, Sep 14 : Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed Stergomena Lawrence Tax as the east African nation's first-ever female Defence Minister. Tax replaces Elias Kwandikwa, who died last, Xinhua news agency quoted the Directorate of Presidential Communications at State House as saying in a statement on Monday. Tax also served as the first and only executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), an inter-governmental organisation established in 1992 to promote political, socio-economic and security cooperation and integration among its 16 members. Her tenure ended on August 31. /IANS

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