John pombe joseph magufuli biography

President of Tanzania from to

John Pombe Joseph Magufuli^[2] (29 October – 17 March )^[3] was the fifth president of Tanzania, serving from until his death in He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from to and to and was chairman of the Southern African Development Community from to ^[4][5][6]

First elected as a Member of Parliament in , he served in the Cabinet of Tanzania as Deputy Minister of Works from to , Minister of Works from to , Minister of Lands and Human Settlement from to , Minister of Livestock and Fisheries from to , and as Minister of Works for a second time from to ^[7]

Running as the candidate of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the country's dominant party, Magufuli won the October presidential election and was sworn in on 5 November ; he was re-elected in He ran on a platform of reducing government corruption and spending while also investing in Tanzania's industries, b