Kikwete Cabinet
Kikwete Cabinet | |
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4th Cabinet of Tanzania | |
| Date formed | 6 January 2006 |
| Date dissolved | 5 November 2015 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Head of government | Jakaya Kikwete |
| No. of ministers | 31 |
| Member party | CCM |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | CUF (2005–2010) CHADEMA (2010–) |
| Opposition leader | Mr. Hamad Mohamed Mr. Freeman Mbowe |
| History | |
| Election | 2005 general election |
| Legislature term | 5 years |
| Predecessor | Mkapa Cabinet |
| Successor | Magufuli Cabinet |
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The Kikwete Cabinet was formed by President Jakaya Kikwete after taking the oath of office on 21 December 2005. Kikwete had won a landslide victory in the 2005 presidential election receiving 80.2 percent of the popular vote. His inaugural cabinet had seven women ministers, the highest in the nation's history.