{"id":56149,"date":"2025-11-03T13:45:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/tanzania-s-samia-suluhu-sworn-in-as-president-at-military-base\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:44:16","slug":"tanzania-s-samia-suluhu-sworn-in-as-president-at-military-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/tanzania-s-samia-suluhu-sworn-in-as-president-at-military-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania\u2019s Samia Suluhu sworn in as president at military base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inauguration ceremony was held at a military base in the administrative capital, Dodoma, amid restrictions following violent protests that marred the election, during which opposition leaders say hundreds were killed. The event, closed to the public, was broadcast live on state television.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a red headscarf and dark glasses, Suluhu, 65, officially took the reins of power and will be deputised by Emmanuel Nchimbi.<\/p>\n<p>Suluhu, of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, was declared the winner on Saturday with 97.66% of the vote. She faced little opposition, with leading rival Chadema\u2019s Tundu Lissu detained on treason charges.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Suluhu secured more than 31.9 million votes, with nearly 87 percent of Tanzania\u2019s 37.6 million registered voters turning out.<\/p>\n<p>Suluhu first became president in 2021 after the death of her predecessor, John Magufuli. She is the first woman to hold the Tanzanian presidency and the first to be born in Zanzibar.<\/p>\n<p>A long-serving member of CCM, Suluhu began her political career in Zanzibar and later served in multiple ministerial roles. In 2010, she was elected to Tanzania\u2019s National Assembly and appointed Minister of State for Union Affairs. She also served as vice chair of the Constitutional Assembly, tasked with drafting the country\u2019s new constitution.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, she made history as Tanzania\u2019s first female deputy president alongside Magufuli. Monday\u2019s inauguration marks the start of her first full term as an elected president.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-97149 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/imrs-2.jpg\" alt=\"Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania\u2019s president on Monday following her victory in last week\u2019s election.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania\u2019s president on Monday following her victory in last week\u2019s election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000097150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000097150,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/imrslogo-2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/imrslogo-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/imrslogo-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/imrslogo-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/imrslogo-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/imrslogo-2.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000097150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56149"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56149"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}