Philip Mpango

Philip Mpango
Mpango in 2023
11th Vice-President of Tanzania
Assumed office
31 March 2021
PresidentSamia Suluhu
Preceded bySamia Suluhu
15th Minister of Finance
In office
November 2015 – 30 March 2021
PresidentJohn Magufuli
Samia Suluhu
Succeeded byMwigulu Nchemba
Member of the Parliament of Tanzania
In office
2015–2021
Appointed byJohn Magufuli
ConstituencyNone (nominated) (until 2020)
Buhighwe (until 2021)
Personal details
Born (1957-07-14) 14 July 1957 (age 66)
Kigoma Region, Tanzania
Nationality Tanzania
Political partyChama Cha Mapinduzi
SpouseMbonimpaye Mpango

Philip Isdor Mpango (born 14 July 1957) is a Tanzanian economist and politician who serves as the Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania.

He was sworn into office on 31 March 2021, following unanimous consent of the Tanzanian Parliament, and having been nominated by President Samia Suluhu on 30 March 2021.[1][2] Before that, he served as the Minister of Finance and Planning in the Tanzanian Cabinet, from March 2015 until 30 March 2021.[3]

  1. ^ The Citizen Tanzania (31 March 2021). "Philip Mpango named Tanzania's new Vice President" (Daily Monitor Quoting The Citizen (Tanzania)). Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ The Citizen Tanzania (30 March 2021). "President Suluhu Picks Philip Mpango For Vice President" (The EastAfrican Quotig The Citizen (Tanzania)). The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  3. ^ Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala, George Obulutsa and Mark Trevelyan (23 December 2015). "Former World Bank economist Mpango named Tanzanian finance minister". Reuters.com.

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