Forbes: 50 Over 50: EMEA 2022

by Maggie McGrath Jan 18, 2022,06:00am EST

H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania was named among the most influential women of 50 years-old and above in the world.

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Samia Suluhu Hassan

Suluhu Hassan is the sixth and current president of Tanzania, and the first woman to hold the position. She took over when former President John Magufuli died in March 2021. Suluhu Hassan, the former VP, began her political career in 2000, when she was elected as a special seat member to the Zanzibar House of Representatives and was appointed as a government minister by President Amani Karume. She was the only high-ranking woman minister in the cabinet.