Tanzanian politician Anne Makinda has been elected as speaker of the parliament, the first woman to hold such a position in the East African nation. Tanzania just held a national election where President Kikwete was re-elected.
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November 12, 2010
The Tanzanian elected parliament members on Friday chose Anne Makinda as Speaker of the National Assembly at the new capital Dodoma in central Tanzania in a drive to give women more opportunity in top leadership.
Out of the total 335 votes, Makinda won 255 votes to become the first female speaker of the Tanzanian National Assembly since the country's establishment in 1964.
Makinda, who was the deputy speaker of the last session of the Tanzanian parliament, was later sworn in at the 10th session of the National Assembly.
Although the final results of the total seats in the current national assembly is not formally announced by the Tanzania National Electoral Commission, the ruling revolutionary party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) is set to win more than 250 seats out of the total over 350 seats.
The members of the national assembly are expected to be sworn in later on Friday in the session.
The local, legislative and presidential polls on Oct. 31 are the country's fourth since the re-introduction of multi-party politics in 1992 in the east African country with a population of more than 40 million.
Source: Xinhua
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