Anna Mghwira | |
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Regional Commissioner Kilimanjaro Region | |
In office 2016–2021 | |
Appointed by | John Magufuli |
Preceded by | Leonidas Gama |
Succeeded by | Nicholas Kigaigai |
Personal details | |
Born | Mungumaji, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) | 23 January 1959
Died | 22 July 2021 Mount Meru Hospital, Arusha | (aged 62)
Political party | ACT-Wazalendo |
Other political affiliations | CHADEMA |
Anna Elisha Mghwira (23 January 1959 – 22 July 2021[1]) was a Tanzanian politician and the one-time chair of the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT), the youngest political party in Tanzania. She was educated in the United Kingdom at the University of Essex and the University of Dar es Salaam as well as Tumaini University.
In 2015, she was the sole female candidate to contest the presidential seat in Tanzania's general election in October that year.