Innocent Bashungwa

Innocent Lugha Bashungwa
Ministry of Home Affairs
Assumed office
8 December 2024
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byMh. Hamad Yusuf Masauni
Minister of Works
In office
1 September 2023  8 December 2024
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byMakame Mbarawa
Succeeded byAbdallah Hamis Ulega
Minister of Defence and National Service
In office
3 October 2022  31 August 2023
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded byStergomena Tax
Succeeded byStergomena Tax
Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports
In office
5 December 2020  10 January 2022
PresidentJohn Magufuli (2020)
Samia Suluhu (2021)
Preceded byHarrison Mwakyembe
Succeeded byMohamed Mchengerwa
Minister of Industry and Trade
for Tanzania
In office
8 June 2019  16 June 2020
PresidentJohn Magufuli
Preceded byJoseph Kakunda
Succeeded byGeofrey Mwambe
Member of Parliament
for Karagwe District
Assumed office
December 2015
Personal details
Born (1979-03-05) 5 March 1979
Karagwe
NationalityTanzanian
Political partyChama Cha Mapinduzi
SpouseJennifer Bash
Alma materSt. John's University of Tanzania
Columbia University
Open University of Tanzania

Innocent Lugha Bashungwa (born May 5, 1979) is a Tanzanian politician who has served as the Minister of Works in Tanzania since 2023. He previously served as Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports, Minister of Defence and a Minister of State in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) in Tanzania and is a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi political party. He was elected MP representing Karagwe in 2015.