Stephen Wasira
Stephen Wasira | |
|---|---|
| Vice Chairman, Chama Cha Mapinduzi | |
| Assumed office 18 January 2025 | |
| President | Samia Suluhu Hassan |
| Preceded by | Abdulrahman Kinana |
| State Minister in the PM's Office for Local Govt. and Regional Admin. | |
| In office 13 February 2008 – 28 November 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Mizengo Pinda |
| 4th Minister of Water | |
| In office 6 January 2006 – 13 February 2008 | |
| President | Jakaya Kikwete |
| Member of Parliament Bunda | |
| In office December 2005 – July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Tembe Nyaburi |
| Succeeded by | Ester Bulaya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Masato Wasira 1945 (age 79–80) Bunda, Tanganyika |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Political party | CCM |
| Alma mater | American University |
| Website | www |
Stephen Masato Wasira (born 1 July 1945 in Korosero (Misisi) village, Sazira ward, Bunda District, Mara Region) is a Tanzanian CCM politician who began his political career in the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) Youth League at age 13. Throughout his career, he has held positions as Regional Commissioner, Minister in various portfolios, and served multiple terms as Member of Parliament for Bunda constituency between the 1980s and 2015, including a continuous 2-five-year term from 2005 to 2015. In President Jakaya Kikwete second term, he served as the Minister of State in the President's Office for Social Relations and Coordination since 2010. He was selected as the Vice Chairman (Mainland) in Chama cha Mapinduzi ssucceeding Abdulrahman Kinana.