Liberata Mulamula

Liberata Mulamula
Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation
In office
31 March 2021 – 3 October 2022
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byPalamagamba Kabudi
Succeeded byStergomena Tax
Tanzanian Ambassador to the U.S.
In office
18 July 2013 – 27 May 2015
PresidentJakaya Kikwete
Preceded byMwanaidi Maajar
Senior Advisor to the President
(Diplomatic Affairs)
In office
28 February 2012 – 2013
PresidentJakaya Kikwete
1st Executive Secretary of ICGLR
In office
December 2006 – 15 December 2011
Succeeded byNtumba Luaba
Tanzanian High Commissioner to Canada
In office
1999–2002
PresidentBenjamin Mkapa
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
1 April 2021
Appointed bySamia Suluhu
ConstituencyNone (Nominated MP)
Personal details
Born (1956-04-10) 10 April 1956 (age 68)
Kagera Region, Tanganyika Territory
Political partyChama Cha Mapinduzi
SpouseGeorge Mulamula
Children2
Alma materSt. 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]

  1. ^ a b c d Paul Owere (31 March 2021). "Liberata Mulamula, Tanzania's new foreign affairs Minister". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ Michuzi Blog (4 May 2015). "Ambassador Mulamula Appointed Secretary General Ministry of Foreign Affairs And International Cooperation, Ambassador Simba Deputy". Dar es Salaam: Issamichuzi.blogspot.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.