Raphael Chegeni

Raphael Chegeni
Member of the Tanzanian Parliament
In office
2000–2010
Succeeded by Titus Kamani
Constituency Busega
Personal details
Born (1964-05-25) 25 May 1964
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM
Alma mater University of Strathclyde (MSc), (PhD)

Raphael Msunga Chegeni is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania.

Chegeni is Regional Chairperson of The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace (AMANI Forum),[1] East Africa Chapter Representative on the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank, Chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Tanzania Branch. He is a member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi - CCM, the governing party in Tanzania. Dr. Chegeni is a Co-President on the Council of Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament as part of the Middle Power Initiative.[2] In 2004, he joined the Parliamentarians for Global Action.

Education and early career

Chegeni attended Nyegezi Seminary, where he received his secondary education to A-Level, graduating in 1985. He received his Advanced Diploma in Accounting from the UHDSM/National Board of Accountants & Auditors in 1990, and became a Registered Accountant with the National Board of Accountants and Auditors. He made further postgraduate studies in financial management at Leiden in Holland in 1995, then went on to study for a MSc in Finance and PhD in Business administration at the University of Strathclyde from 1996 to 2003.

Chegeni worked at the Ministry of Finance as an accountant from 1989-1990. He then worked at the Caritas Mwanza as Chief Accountant from 1991-1995, and at the Tanganyika Gold company as Finance Manager from 1997-1998. Prior to his move to a political career, he worked at Ashanti Goldfields Company as Finance & Admin. Manager from 1999-2000.

Election

In 2005 Chegeni was elected for a five-year term.[3]

Candidate Party Sex Votes %
Dr. Raphael Msunga Chegeni CCM M 39,265 72.7
Stanslaus Hatari Matulanya CUF M 1,8567 3.6
Happyiness Buyegi Zangi UDP F 12,860 23.8
Valid votes: 53,992

Registered voters: 79,736
3,685 spoilt votes

References

  1. ↑ Official Record (Hansard). National Assembly (Kenya). Jun 17, 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070927141838/http://www.middlepowers.org/pnnd/council.html. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Wilaya Ya Magu Busega". National Electoral Commission of Tanzania. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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