James Msekela

Dr James Msekela
Tanzanian Ambassador to Italy
Assumed office
5 January 2012
Appointed by Jakaya Kikwete
Member of Parliament
for Tabora North
In office
2000–2010
Succeeded by Shaffin Sumar
Personal details
Born (1959-09-03) 3 September 1959
Tanganyika
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM
Alma mater Dar Technical College (Dip)
SPbSTU (MSc)
Dar es Salaam (PhD)
Royal Inst. of Tech. (Tekn. Lic)

James Alex Msekela (born 3 September 1959) is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat.[1] He is currently Tanzania's ambassador to Italy, having been appointed by President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and sworn in on 5 January 2012.[2]

Early life and education

Msekela grew up in a village in Ijanija ward, now in Nzega District of Tabora Region, and attended the Ntazengwa Primary School. In the city he attended Tanga Secondary School, graduating in 1977, and went on to Dar es Salaam Technical College where he received his diploma in 1981. He joined the CCM as a youth member in 1980, and became a full member in 1982. After graduation he was employed at the University of Dar es Salaam as a technician.[3] Beginning in 1982 he had a second job at the Cashewnut Authority of Tanzania.[4] Two years after graduation he received a scholarship to Leningard State Technical University in the U.S.S.R. In 1990 he received his master's of science in Engineering from there.[3] Upon his return from Russia, he was hired as a lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam. Three years after his first master's he returned to school at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden where he received a second master's degree in 1995, this was concurrent with his work on his doctorate at the University of Dar es Salaam, where he received his Ph.D. in Engineering in 1997.[3] While in Sweden he worked as an engineer for the Stockholm Electricity Authority. And upon his return to Tanzania he obtained a job as a Housing Registar for the Housing Authority, in addition to his Ph.D. work and lecturing.[3]

Politics

A long time CCM party member, Msekela entered politics in 2000, taking on duties for the party.[3] He was elected to the Tanzanian Parliament in 2005 from the North Tabora Constituency (Tabora Kaskazini) of Tabora Urban District. In 2006 in addition to his MP duites he was appointed as Regional Commissioner for Mwanza Region.[5][6] Which job he held until he was appointed as the Regional Commissioner for the Dodoma Region in 2009.[7][8] Msekela did not run again for parliament in the 2010 elections. From Dodoma he went on to become the Ambassador to Italy in January 2012.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "The Team in Rome". Embassy of Tanzania in Rome, Italy. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Member of Parliament CV: Honourable Dr. James Alex Msekela". Parliament of Tanzania.
  4. ↑ The Cashewnut Authority of Tanzania was a short-lived 1974-1984 government agency which purchased the entire commercial cashew crop and sold it at auction. Sijaona, M. E. R. (2002). "Assessment of the Situation and Development Prospects for the Cashew Nut Sector" (PDF). Agriculture Research Institute of Tanzania.
  5. ↑ "Historia ya Sekretarieti ya Mkoa (History of the Regional Secretariat)" (in Swahili). Mwanza Region Secretariat.
  6. ↑ Msekela, James Alex (29 December 2007). "Brief Remarks by Hon. Eng. Dr. James Alex Msekela (MP) Regional Commissioner for Mwanza Region to Mr. Ahmed al Marar – 11H – Chairman and Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank on 29th December 2007" (PDF).
  7. ↑ Jube, Faraja (24 December 2009). "Tanzania: Days of 'Cowboy' Contractors Numbered". The Citizen (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). Archived from the original on 28 December 2009.
  8. ↑ Msangya, Daniel (1 September 2010). "Dodoma new RC's office to cost Sh15b". The Citizen (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). Archived from the original on 3 September 2010.

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