Juma Duni Haji
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Ali Mohamed Shein
Juma Duni Haji | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of ACT-Wazalendo Party | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Seif Sharif Hamad |
| Minister for Infrastructure and Communications, Zanzibar | |
| In office 2014 – 1 August 2015 | |
| President | Ali Mohamed Shein |
| Minister for Health, Zanzibar | |
| In office November 2010 – 2014 | |
| President | Ali Mohamed Shein |
| Member of the Zanzibar House of Representatives | |
| In office 2009–2015 | |
| Appointed by | Amani Abeid Karume Ali Mohamed Shein |
| In office 1997–2000 | |
| Constituency | Mkunazini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 November 1950 |
| Party | Alliance for Change and Transparency (2019-present) CHADEMA (2015–2015) CUF (1994/5–2015) |
| Alma mater | University of Dar es Salaam University of Manchester |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Nickname | Babu Duni |
Juma Duni Haji (born 26 November 1950) is a Tanzanian politician and former civil servant.[1] He is the Chairperson of ACT Wazalendo. He previously served as the Deputy Chairman of the Civic United Front from 2014 to 2015.[2]
He was selected as the running mate of Edward Lowassa, the CHADEMA presidential candidate for the 2015 election, which necessitated his defection.
Duni was born in Kibeni village in Mkwajuni. He was educated at Mkwajuni Primary School (1959–65) and at Gamal Abdel Nassar (present-day Beit el Ras) Secondary School (1966–69). He pursued his A-levels at Lumumba Secondary School from 1970 to 1971.[2] He was elected as the chairperson of the Afro-Shirazi Party Youth League at Lumumba College.[3] He then joined the University of Dar es Salaam and graduated with a BSc in education in 1975.[2]
After graduation, he was employed as a teacher. Ismail Jussa was one of his students. In 1978, he left for England to study at the University of Reading (advanced diploma) and later joined the Zanzibar Ministry of Education as a planning officer.[2]
In 1980, Zanzibari President Aboud Jumbe appointed him as the Permanent Secretary of the Planning Ministry and was later promoted as the Executive Secretary of the Planning Commission.[2] He obtained his masters in human resource management from the University of Manchester in 1995.[4]