Al Noor Kassum


Al Noor Kassum
Member of the Tanzanian Parliament
Personal details
Born
Noordin Kassum

(1924-01-11) 11 January 1924 (age 95)
NationalityTanzanian
Political partyCCM
Other political
affiliations
TANU
Spouse(s)Yasmin (m. 1983)
Children3
ResidenceDar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
PositionsChancellor, SUA[1]
Chancellor, MUCCoBS[2]
Notable work(s)Africa's Winds of Change: Memoirs of an International Tanzanian
Nickname(s)Nick

Al Noor Kassum (born 11 January 1924) is retired Tanzanian politician. Educated in Tanzania and the UK, where he was called to the Bar at the Inns of Court in London, Al Noor Kassum was a prominent figure in Tanzanian politics and the Ismaili Muslim community after the country's independence. He held several ministerial positions within the Tanzanian government and was also the East African Community's Minister of Finance and Administration. He has held senior positions in UNESCO and at the UN Headquarters in New York. Also He was the 2nd Chancellor of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Morogoro Tanzania.[3]

References

  1. ^ "University Executives". Sokoine University of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Administration". www.muccobs.ac.tz. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  3. ^ Kassum, Al Noor (20 August 2007). "Africa's Winds of Change: Memoirs of an International Tanzanian". I.B. Tauris. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

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