Former First Lady Salma Kikwete has been appointed as Member of Parliament.

Salma Kikwete

President of Tanzania Dr.John Pombe Magufuli has appointed the former First lady Salma Kikwete as a member of parliament of united republic of Tanzania. Salma Kikwete is the wife of former president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete who reigns in 2005-2015.

Salma Kikwete short biography

Salma Kikwete born on 30 November 1963 is the 4th First Lady of Tanzania and the wife of Tanzanian former president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete. She has served as the country's First Lady since December 2005.

Salma Kikwete originally worked as a teacher for more than twenty years.

In 2005, the government launched a national campaign for voluntary HIV/AIDS testing in .Dar es Salaam. Salma Kikwete and her husband were among the first in the country to be tested. As of 2009, she was Vice President of the Eastern Region of the Organization of African First Ladies against AIDS (OAFLA). In 2012, the First Lady Salma Kikwete, former Botswana President Festus Mogae and ten other African figures partnered with UNESCO and UNAIDS to support the Eastern and Southern Africa Commitment on HIV Prevention and Sexual Health for Young People, which was launched in November 2011.

Salma Kikwete also founded the Wanawake na Maendeleo, or Women in Development (WAMA), a nonprofit which promotes development among women and children.