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Stephen Masato Wasira (born 1945) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bunda constituency since 2005. He has been Minister of State in the President's Office for Social Relations and Coordination since 2010. ==Background== Wasira served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture in the first phase Government under President Julius Nyerere and also served as the Deputy Minister for Local Government and later as the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development under second phase President Ali Hassan Mwinyi. He was appointed as Minister of Water on January 4, 2006, when Jakaya Kikwete, who had been elected President, named his new cabinet.〔Hassan Muhiddin, ("JK’s beefed up team" ), ''The Guardian'' (IPP Media), January 5, 2006, retrieved January 5, 2006.〕 He was then moved to the position of Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives on October 15, 2006,〔("Kikwete reshuffles Cabinet" ), ''Guardian'' (IPP Media), October 16, 2006.〕 and on February 12, 2008 he was named Minister in the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government.〔Angel Navuri, ("JK trims cabinet size" ), ''Guardian'' (IPP Media), February 13, 2008.〕 On November 24, 2010, Wasira was named Minister of State in the President's Office for Social Relations and Coordination in the newly formed cabinet after the October 2010 elections.〔Leonard Mwakalebela, ("New Cabinet at last" ), ''Daily News'' (Daily News Group), November 25, 2010.〕 Within the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi, he is currently a member of the 370-member National Executive Committee (NEC), the highest policy and decision-making body of the ruling party. He has been serving in this position since 2007. In November 2012, he was overwhelmingly re-elected by the party's National Congress to serve another five year term. 〔Dickson Ng'hily, ("CCM`s new line-up in place" ), ''The Guardian'' (IPP Media), November 14 2012 retrieved February 12, 2013.〕 Also, in 2011, he was elected a member of the party's powerful 28-member Central Committee (CC) 〔 Christopher Majaliwa, ("CCM unveils new leadership" ), ''Daily News'' (TSN), April 11 2011 retrieved February 12, 2013.〕 He continues to be a member of the Central Committee after being re-elected in February 2013.〔Frank Kimboy, ("JK:This is CCM’s winning lineup" ), ''The Citizen'' (Mwananchi Communications), February 12, 2013 retrieved February 12, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Wasira」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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