Liberata Mulamula taking her oath as a Member of Parliament
DAR ES SALAAM, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Career diplomat Liberata Mulamula was appointed as Tanzania new foreign minister replacing Prof Palamagamba Kabudi who now takes over as minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.
Mulamula 65, was sworn-in on Thursday April 1, at State House Dodoma.
She becomes the 16th foreign affairs minister and only the second woman to serve in that position after Dr Asha-Rose Migiro who was at the helm between January 2006 and January 11, 2007.
Mulamula is a skilled career diplomat with 35 years of experience is now tasked to head Tanzania’s diplomacy given her vast experience of working in foreign missions
Over the years she has served in various capacities at the Tanzania Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Diplomatic missions in New York (Permanent Mission to the UN), Canada and the USA.
She has attended the successive AU Summits, UN General Assembly sessions in New York and other multilateral gatherings, as well as various regional meetings and initiatives on peace and sustainable development.
She joins a growing list of African female Foreign Affairs Ministers which includes Kenya’s Raychelle Omamo, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey of Ghana, Naledi Pandor of South Africa and ‘Matšepo Molise-Ramakoae of Lesotho.
Ambassador Mulamula is a graduate of St. John’s University in New York where she obtained an M.A. in Government and Politics, as well as a postgraduate diploma in International Law.
She received her B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from University of Dar-es Salaam. — NNN-AGENCIES