Liberata Mulamula | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation | |
In office 31 March 2021 – 3 October 2022 | |
President | Samia Suluhu |
Preceded by | Palamagamba Kabudi |
Succeeded by | Stergomena Tax |
Tanzanian Ambassador to the U.S. | |
In office 18 July 2013 – 27 May 2015 | |
President | Jakaya Kikwete |
Preceded by | Mwanaidi Maajar |
Senior Advisor to the President (Diplomatic Affairs) | |
In office 28 February 2012 – 2013 | |
President | Jakaya Kikwete |
1st Executive Secretary of ICGLR | |
In office December 2006 – 15 December 2011 | |
Succeeded by | Ntumba Luaba |
Tanzanian High Commissioner to Canada | |
In office 1999–2002 | |
President | Benjamin Mkapa |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 1 April 2021 | |
Appointed by | Samia Suluhu |
Constituency | None (Nominated MP) |
Personal details | |
Born | Kagera Region, Tanganyika Territory | 10 April 1956
Political party | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
Spouse | George Mulamula |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | St. John's University (MA) Dar es Salaam University (BA) |
Liberata Mulamula, (née Rutageruka (born 10 April 1956) is a Tanzanian diplomat and politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation from April 2021 to October 2022. She was appointed by President Samia Suluhu, on 31 March 2021 and was sworn into office on 1 April 2021.[1]
Ambassador Mulamula has more than 35 years history as a diplomat and administrator in the Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation, including as Tanzania's ambassador to the United Nations in New York City, Canada and the United States of America.[1]
Before her retirement from the diplomatic service in April 2016, she served as the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, for a period of seven months, between May 2015 until December 2015.[1][2]
She also served as the first Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), based in Bujumbura, Burundi, from 2006 until 2011. In this role, she oversaw Peace, Stability and Development in 11 countries in the African Great Lakes Region.[1]