Pindi Chana

Pindi Chana
Minister of Constitutional and Legal Affairs
Assumed office
1 September 2023
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byDamas Ndumbaro
Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports
In office
14 February 2023 – 31 August 2023
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byMohamed Mchengerwa
Succeeded byDamas Ndumbaro
Minister of Natural Resources & Tourism
In office
31 March 2022 – 14 February 2023
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byDamas Ndumbaro
Succeeded byMohamed Mchengerwa
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
November 2005
PresidentJakaya Kikwete 2005-2015
John Magufuli 2015-2021
Samia Suluhu 2021-present
ConstituencyNone (Special Seat)
Personal details
Born (1974-01-24) 24 January 1974 (age 50)
NationalityTanzanian
Political partyCCM
Alma materPeoples' Friendship University
UDSM (LL.M)
Mzumbe University (PhD)

Pindi Hazara Chana (born 24 January 1974) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a special seat Member of Parliament since 2010.[1] In January 2022 she began her cabinet career as the Minister of State (Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Youth, Employment and Persons with Disabilities) in the Prime Minister's Office.[2] Following a mini cabinet re-shuffle on 31st March 2022 Chana assumed the Ministry of Natural Resources & Tourism office.[3] She exchanged positions with Mohamed Mchengerwa following another cabinet reshuffle as the new Minister of Culture, Arts and Sports in February 2023.[4]

Again on 1 September 2023 in Samia Suluhu Hassan's third major cabinet reshuffle, she exchanged dockets with Damas Ndumbaro as the new Minister of Constitutional and Legal Affairs.[5]

  1. ^ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ Owere, Paul; Wambura, Bethsheba (8 January 2022). "President Samia rings changes in cabinet". The Citizen. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Wizara ya Maliasili". Ministry of Natural Resources & Tourism. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ "President Samia makes changes in cabinet and regional administration". The Citizen. 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. ^ Admin (2023-09-01). "Tanzania Cabinet Reshuffle: President Samia Announces Key Appointments and Changes". TanzaniaInvest. Retrieved 2023-09-11.