Hawa Ghasia

Hawa Abdulrahman Ghasia is a Tanzanian politician. She is Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Management and a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania.

Ghasia was nominated as the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) candidate for Mtwara Rural District in the 2005 parliamentary election, [ [http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2005/08/17/47256.html "CCM parliamentary candidates"] , "Guardian" (IPP Media), August 17, 2005.] receiving 529 votes and defeating four other candidates for the nomination, including Juma Chinavati with 372 votes and incumbent Abdillahi Namkulala with 135 votes. [ [http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2005/08/06/46366.html "’Women power’ herald a new era in CCM"] , "Guardian" (IPP Media), August 6, 2005.]

Following the election, she was appointed as Minister of State in the President's Office for Public Service and Management on January 4 2006; [Hassan Muhiddin, [http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/01/05/57238.html "JK’s beefed up team"] , "Guardian" (IPP Media), January 5, 2006.] she remained in that position in the Cabinet named on February 12 2008. [ [http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/docs/cabinets.pdf List of Cabinet ministers (as of February 12, 2008)] , Tanzanian Parliament website.] [Angel Navuri, [http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2008/02/13/108291.html "JK trims cabinet size"] , "Guardian" (IPP Media), February 13, 2008.]

References

* [http://www.parliament.go.tz/bunge/bunge.asp Parliament of Tanzania] website