Minister of Foreign Affairs (Tanzania)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation of the Government of Tanzania.

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje (Swahili)
Incumbent January Makamba since 1 September 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation
Style	Honourable Minister
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Appointer	President
Term length	At the President's discretion
First holder	Oscar Kambona
Website	www.foreign.go.tz

List of ministers

The following have served the ministry:

Parties

  TANU   CCM

#	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	President
1		Oscar Kambona	1963	1966	Julius Nyerere
2		Chedial Mgonja	1967	1969
3		Stephen Mhando	1969	1970
4		Israel Elinewinga	1971	1972
5		John Malecela	1972	1974
6		Ibrahim Kaduma	1975	1976
7		Benjamin Mkapa	1977	1980
8		Salim Ahmed Salim	1981	1984
(7)		Benjamin Mkapa	1984	1990	Ali Hassan Mwinyi
9		Ahmed Hassan Diria	1991	1992
10		Joseph Rwegasira	1993	1995
11		Jakaya Kikwete	November 1995	21 December 2005	Benjamin Mkapa
12		Asha-Rose Migiro	6 January 2006	11 January 2007	Jakaya Kikwete
13		Bernard Membe	12 January 2007	5 November 2015
14		Augustine Mahiga	14 December 2015	3 March 2019	John Magufuli
15		Palamagamba John Aidan Mwaluko Kabudi	3 March 2019	31 March 2021
16		Liberata Mulamula	31 March 2021	3 October 2022	Samia Suluhu
17		Stergomena Tax	3 October 2022	1 September 2023
18		January Makamba	1 September 2023	Incumbent