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Abdullah Mwinyi

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Abdullah Mwinyi
East African Legislative Assembly MP
In office
2007–2017
ConstituencyTanzania
Personal details
Born (1974-10-10) October 10, 1974 (age 50)
Unguja, Zanzibar
Political partyChama Cha Mapinduzi
SpouseFatma Dahir (m. 18 January 2018)
RelationsHussein Mwinyi (brother)
Children3
Parents
Residence(s)Mahonda, Zanzibar
Alma materUniversity of Wales[1]
Websitewww.abdullahmwinyi.com

Abdullah Ali Hassan Mwinyi is Tanzanian CCM politician, an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and High Court of Zanzibar.

He was a former member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) from 2007 to 2017[2] where he served as Chairman of Legal, Privileges and Rules Committee and Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution Committee.[3]

Early life and education

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Mwinyi has a bachelor of laws (LLB) and a master's degree in Commercial Law (LLM - Commercial Law), both from the University of Wales, Cardiff. He completed his education in 2000.[citation needed]

Political career

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In 2007, Mwinyi was elected to represent Tanzania in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) during the second assembly (2007 - 2012),[4] he was re-elected and continued to represent Tanzania constituency on the third assembly (2012 - 2017).[5] During his tenure at EALA he chaired the Legal, Privileges and Rules Committee and Regional Affairs and Conflict Resolution Committee where he played a key role in resolving Burundi crisis in 2016[6] as part of the responsibilities of EALA to member states.

Professional career

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Founder of Asyla Attorneys, Mwinyi presently is managing director at Envision Consulting Ltd. He is also on the board of Swala Oil & Gas (Tanzania) Ltd. and Swala (PAEM) Ltd. In his past career he held the position of Associate at Mkono & Co. and Secretary of BP Tanzania Ltd.[7]

Personal life

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He is the son of Ali Hassan Mwinyi, the second President of Tanzania.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Universities Wales". www.uniswales.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Hon. Abdullah Mwinyi - Tanzania". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  3. ^ "Central Corridor | EAC happy with Dar port modernisation".
  4. ^ "Mwinyi, Abdullah A. H —East African Legislative Assembly". www.eala.org.
  5. ^ "Mwinyi, Abdullah A. H. —East African Legislative Assembly". www.eala.org.
  6. ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  7. ^ "Abdullah Mwinyi - Biography". www.marketscreener.com.
  8. ^ Mwinyi, Abdullah (8 March 2020). "Behind every great man is a great woman". The Citizen. Retrieved 5 April 2020.