Abdullah Mwinyi
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Abdullah Mwinyi | |
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| East African Legislative Assembly MP | |
| In office 2007–2017 | |
| Constituency | Tanzania |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1974 Unguja, Zanzibar |
| Party | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
| Spouse | Fatma Dahir (m. 18 January 2018) |
| Relations | Hussein Mwinyi (brother) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Alma mater | University of Wales[1] |
| Website | www |
Abdullah Ali Hassan Mwinyi is Tanzanian CCM politician, an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and High Court of Zanzibar.
He was a former member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) from 2007 to 2017[2] where he served as Chairman of Legal, Privileges and Rules Committee and Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution Committee.[3]
Mwinyi has a bachelor of laws (LLB) and a master's degree in Commercial Law (LLM - Commercial Law), both from the University of Wales, Cardiff. He completed his education in 2000.[citation needed]
Political career
In 2007, Mwinyi was elected to represent Tanzania in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) during the second assembly (2007 - 2012),[4] he was re-elected and continued to represent Tanzania constituency on the third assembly (2012 - 2017).[5] During his tenure at EALA he chaired the Legal, Privileges and Rules Committee and Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution Committee where he played a key role in resolving Burundi crisis in 2016[6] as part of the responsibilities of EALA to member states.