John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (Bulldozer)

On 7 July Tanzanian Fisheries Minister John Magufuli cancelled all of its deep sea fishing licenses on 7 July and announced that the Tanzania People's Defence Forces would begin patrolling missions to target the Asian and European illegal trawlers...

John Magufuli an articulate hardworking ex-engineer has performed well in the difficult Ministry for Works...

Other contenders include Professor Mark Mwandosya Transport and Communications Minister and discredited by a rail disaster in which 280 people died on 24 June; and Works Minister John Magufuli...