Zakia Meghji

{{Short description|Tanzanian politician}}

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|honorific-suffix = MP

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|office = Chama Cha Mapinduzi Secretary for Economic Affairs and Finance

|term_start = November 2012

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|1blankname = Chairman

|1namedata = Jakaya Kikwete
John Magufuli

|predecessor = Mwigulu Nchemba

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|office2 = 11th Minister of Finance

|term_start2 = January 2006

|term_end2 = February 2008

|president2 = Jakaya Kikwete

|predecessor2 = Basil Mramba

|successor2 = Mustafa Mkulo

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|office3 = Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism

|term_start3 = 1997

|term_end3 = 2005

|president3 = Benjamin Mkapa

|predecessor3 = Juma Ngasongwa

|successor3 = Anthony Diallo

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|office4 = Minister of Health

|term_start4 = 1994

|term_end4 = 1997

|president4 = Ali Hassan Mwinyi {{small|(1994-95)}}
Benjamin Mkapa {{small|(1995-97)}}

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|office5 = Deputy Minister of Health

|term_start5 = 1992

|term_end5 = 1994

|president5 = Ali Hassan Mwinyi

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|office6 = Member of Parliament

|term_start6 = 2005

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|appointer6 = Jakaya Kikwete

|constituency6 = None (Nominated MP)

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|31|df=y}}

|birth_place = Zanzibar

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|nationality = Tanzanian

|party = CCM

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Zakia Hamdani Meghji (born 31 December 1946) is a Tanzanian politician who served as the first female Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1002/2010-2015|title=Member of Parliament CV|publisher=Parliament of Tanzania|access-date=5 March 2013}} She was the first woman to hold this post.

She also served as the Tourism minister, and is still the longest serving Tourism Minister in the country's history.

Career

From 1997 to 2005 she was the Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism.{{Cite web |title=University of Dar es Salaam- |url=https://www.udsm.ac.tz/web/index.php/alumni/name/18 |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=www.udsm.ac.tz}}{{Cite web |title=Zakia Hamdani Meghji : « Le tourisme de masse n’est pas sans danger » - Jeune Afrique.com |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/132676/archives-thematique/zakia-hamdani-meghji-le-tourisme-de-masse-n-est-pas-sans-danger/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}} She was the Minister of Finance from 2006 to 2008.

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