Bernard Membe Biography, Political Career, Honors, Wife

Bernard Membe Biography

Bernard Membe is a Tanzanian CCM politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania from 2007 to 2015. He served as a Member of Parliament for Mtama constituency from 2000 to 2015.

Bernard Membe Age

He was born on 9th November 1953 in Lindi Region, Tanzania. He is 66 years old as of 2019.

Bernard Membe Wife

  • His wife is Dorcas Membe

Bernard Membe Education Background

He attended Rondo-Chiponda Extended Primary School and Namupa Seminary Secondary School for his O Levels. He attended Itaga Seminary High School for his A-Levels.

He studied political science at the University of Dar es Salaam, international relations at Johns Hopkins University. From 1990 to 1992 he studied international relations at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.

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Bernard Membe Job History

  • 1992 – 2000: Advisor of the Tanzanian High Commissioner in Ottawa, Canada
  • 1978 – 1989: National security analyst at the office of the President.

Bernard Membe Political Career

In 2000 he was elected as a CCM member of parliament representing Mtama constituency in the general election. He was re-elected in 2005 and in January 2007 he was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation. He has also served as a member of the National Executive Committee of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party since 2007.

As foreign minister, Membe served as the chairman of the Executive Council of the African Union for one year when Tanzania assumed the rotating chair of the continental
body in January 2008. During his tenure, Mauritania and Guinea had their membership suspended after the 2008 Mauritanian coup d’état and 2008 Guinean coup d’état
respectively. Their delegations were barred from attending the biannual summit in January 2009. Membe was quoted as saying, “There is no good coup or bad coup. A coup is a coup and it cannot be tolerated.” He also said the AU was against the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court.

In 2010 he was re-elected as the member of parliament for Mtama constituency.

Bernard Membe Honors and Awards

  • December 2008: Tanzania: Medal for Operation Democracy in Comoros.
  • March 2009: Comoros: Medal from Comoros.

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