Angeline Mabula
| Honourable Angeline Mabula MP | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Minister of Lands and Human Settlement Development | |
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Assumed office December 2015 | |
| President | John Magufuli |
| Minister | William Lukuvi |
| Member of Parliament | |
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Assumed office November 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Highness Kiwia |
| Constituency | Ilemela |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 May 1962 |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | CCM |
Angeline Mabula (born 6 May 1962) is a Tanzanian politician belonging to the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. She is the current Deputy Minister of lands and human settlement development. She is a Member of Parliament for Ilemela.
Background and education
Mabula was born on May 6, 1962. She completed her schooling from the Lake Secondary School in 1981. She is an accountant by profession. In 1982, she received a certificate degree in bookkeeping. She went on to receive advanced and post-graduate diplomas in Accountancy from the Institute of Financial Management in 1990 and 1991 respectively. She received the Certified Public Accountant designation from the National Board of Accountants and Auditors in 2000. In addition, she received a Master's degree in community and economic development from the Open University of Tanzania. Mabula had a long career as an auditor in the Tanzanian Audit Corporation between 1984 and 2000. Between 2003 and 2009, she worked as an accountant for Caritas. [1]
Political Career
Mabula became involved with CCM in 1990 and served in a number of party roles. Between 2009 and 2015, she served as District Commissioner for Muleba, Iringa and Butiama districts in succession.[1]
Mabula was selected to represent CCM in the 2015 Tanzanian elections for the Illemela constituency, after she defeated four other candidates in a primary.[2] In the election, she face incumbent CHADEMA MP, Highness Kiwia. Mabula won by vote margin of 85,424 to 61,769 votes.[3]She faced insults during electioneering on account of her gender and the fact she was not married.[4]
Mabula was appointed Deputy Minister in the Ministry for Lands and Human Settlement Development in the newly elected President John Magufuli's government after the 2015 elections.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Profile: Angeline Sylvester Lubala Mabula". Parliament of Tanzania. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ↑ Moses Matthew (August 5, 2015). "Tanzania: Mwanza Banks on Outgoing MPs for Victory". allAfrica.com.
- ↑ "CCM regains several seats it lost in 2010". Daily News. October 27, 2015. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ↑ Nashon Kennedy (November 12, 2015). "Fighting gender discrimination, violence to promote gender equality". Daily News. Archived from the original on November 11, 2015. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ↑ Rose Athumani (December 11, 2015). "New lean Union cabinet unveiled". Daily News. Retrieved October 16, 2016.