Samia Suluhu Hassan (/ sɑːmiɑː suluhu hɑːssɑːn / ⓘ SAH-mee-ah soo-LOO-hoo HA-san; born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian politician who has been serving as president of the United Republic of Tanzania since 19 March 2021. She is the first woman to serve in the position.

Jan 29, 2025 · Samia Suluhu Hassan is a Tanzanian politician who has served as president of Tanzania since 2021. She is the first woman to serve as president of the country and is also the first president of Tanzania to have been born in Zanzibar.

On March 8, 2024, as the world celebrated International Women’s Day, President Samia Suluhu Hassan recounted her remarkable journey from a humble clerk in a Zanzibar government office to ascending to the highest office in Tanzania.

Mar 8, 2023 · NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said that as the East African country’s first female leader, she has brought a new level of political tolerance to the nation. Hassan spoke at a rally for International Women’s Day which had been organized by an opposition party.

Mar 24, 2021 · Samia Suluhu is a Tanzanian CCM politician who was born on January 27, 1960, in the Sultanate of Zanzibar as Samia Hassan Suluhu. Samia became Tanzania’s first-ever female President after she was announced President of Tanzania in …

Mar 19, 2021 · DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Samia Suluhu Hassan made history Friday when she was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president after the death of her controversial predecessor, John Magufuli, who denied that COVID-19 is a problem in the East African country.

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is the head of state and head of government [2] of Tanzania.. Samia Suluhu Hassan, sworn in on 19 March 2021, is the first female president of the United Republic of Tanzania.She succeeded John Magufuli following his death on 17 March 2021.

On March 19, 2021, Samia Suluhu Hassan became Tanzania’s president following the death of President John Magufuli from heart failure on March 17. Hassan, the sixth president of Tanzania, and the first woman to head this nation was born in the town of Makunduchi, Tanzania which is located on the island of Zanzibar, on January 27, 1960.

Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in as the President of United Republic of Tanzania following the death of President John Magufuli on Wednesday. She becomes the first Vice President in the East African country to ascend to the top post.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn into office as President on March 19th, 2021. She becomes Tanzania’s sixth President and the country’s first female President. She will serve the remainder of President Magufuli’s second term to 2025, and under the Constitution will be eligible to run for one further five-year term.