Raphael Chegeni

Raphael Chegeni
Member of the Tanzanian Parliament
In office
2000–2010
Succeeded by Titus Kamani
Constituency Busega
Personal details
Born (1964-05-25) 25 May 1964
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM
Alma mater University of Strathclyde (MSc), (PhD)

Raphael Msunga Chegeni is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania.

Chegeni is Regional Chairperson of The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace (AMANI Forum),[1] East Africa Chapter Representative on the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank, Chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Tanzania Branch. He is a member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi - CCM, the governing party in Tanzania. Dr. Chegeni is a Co-President on the Council of Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament as part of the Middle Power Initiative.[2] In 2004, he joined the Parliamentarians for Global Action.

Education and early career

Chegeni attended Nyegezi Seminary, where he received his secondary education to A-Level, graduating in 1985. He received his Advanced Diploma in Accounting from the UHDSM/National Board of Accountants & Auditors in 1990, and became a Registered Accountant with the National Board of Accountants and Auditors. He made further postgraduate studies in financial management at Leiden in the Netherlands in 1995, then went on to study for a MSc in Finance and PhD in Business administration at the University of Strathclyde from 1996 to 2003.

Chegeni worked at the Ministry of Finance as an accountant from 1989-1990. He then worked at the Caritas Mwanza as Chief Accountant from 1991-1995, and at the Tanganyika Gold company as Finance Manager from 1997-1998. Prior to his move to a political career, he worked at Ashanti Goldfields Company as Finance & Admin. Manager from 1999-2000.

Election

In 2005 Chegeni was elected for a five-year term.[3]

Candidate Party Sex Votes %
Dr. Raphael Msunga Chegeni CCM M 39,265 72.7
Stanslaus Hatari Matulanya CUF M 1,8567 3.6
Happyiness Buyegi Zangi UDP F 12,860 23.8
Valid votes: 53,992

Registered voters: 79,736
3,685 spoilt votes

References

  1. ↑ Official Record (Hansard). National Assembly (Kenya). Jun 17, 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070927141838/http://www.middlepowers.org/pnnd/council.html. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Wilaya Ya Magu Busega". National Electoral Commission of Tanzania. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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