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Selemani Jafo

Politician

Selemani Jafo is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Selemani Jafo · Selemani Said Jafo · Selemani Saidi Jafo · سليمانى جافو				[sources]
Other name	Jafo Saidi Selemani · Selemani Jafo · Selemani Said Jafo · Selemani Saidi Jafo				[sources]
Birth date	1973-05-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Tanzania				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Tanzania				[sources]
Country	Tanzania				[sources]
Citizenship	Tanzania				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
E-Mail	sjafo@parliament.go.tz				[sources]
First name	Selemani				[sources]
Last name	Jafo				[sources]
Phone	+255685651070				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16214458				[sources]
Position	Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania (2015-) · Minister of State in the President's Office (2017-2021) · Minister of State in the Vice President's Office for Union & Environment · Minister of State in the Vice-President's Office (2021-) · National Assembly (member, 2010-2015) · 1 more...				[sources]
Education	Sokoine University of Agriculture · Southern New Hampshire University				[sources]
Source link	www.parliament.go.tz · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Tanzanian Member of Parliament

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania	2015-10-29	-
Minister of State in the President's Office	2017-10-09	2021-03-31

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders11,021

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Every Politician58,326

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MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,795

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Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,106

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: evpo-0865c9b6-76c0-4f36-b048-c8be6dc3d7e2 · us-cia-tanzania-selemani-jafo-minister-of-state-in-the-vice-president-s-office-for-union-environment

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