{{Short description|Tanzanian politician (born 1934)}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = John Malecela | honorific_suffix = | image = John Malecela (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Malecela in 2009 | order = 6th | office = Prime Minister of Tanzania | term_start = 9 November 1990 | term_end = 5 December 1994 | president = Ali Hassan Mwinyi | predecessor = Joseph Warioba | successor = Cleopa Msuya | order2 = | office2 = First Vice President of Tanzania | term_start2 = 9 November 1990 | term_end2 = 5 December 1994 | president2 = Ali Hassan Mwinyi | 1blankname2 = 2nd Vice President | 1namedata2 = Salmin Amour | predecessor2 = Joseph Warioba | successor2 = Cleopa Msuya | order3 = 5th | office3 = Minister of External Affairs (Tanzania){{!}}Minister of External Affairs | term_start3 = 1972 | term_end3 = 1974 | predecessor3 = Israel Elinewinga | successor3 = Ibrahim Kaduma | office4 = Chancellor of Open University of Tanzania | president4 = Benjamin Mkapa | predecessor4 = Basil Mramba | successor4 = Asha-Rose Migiro | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|04|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Dodoma, Tanganyika | party = CCM | spouse = Anne Malecela | children = Mwele Ntuli Malecela }}
'''John Samuel Malecela''' (born 19 April 1934) was Prime Minister of Tanzania from November 1990 to December 1994. He served as the vice-chairman of the CCM from 1995 to 2007, and is a current member of the CCM Central Committee.
Malecela headed the Tanzanian delegation which participated in the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development in October 1993.<ref>Japan, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MOFA): [http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/africa/ticad/list/africa.html 28 African nations]</ref>
==Education== * Secondary Education - Minaki secondary school 1957–58 * Bachelor of Commerce - Bombay University 1958–59 * Post Graduate Studies - Cambridge University 1961–62 * Ph.D. Honoris Causa (Humanities) - University of Texas 1977
==Positions held== * Tanzanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations - 1964-68<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tanzania-un.org/index.asp?pgid=96 |title=Permanent Representatives |publisher=Permanent Mission of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations |access-date=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404090952/http://tanzania-un.org/index.asp?pgid=96 |archive-date=4 April 2011}}</ref> * Tanzanian Ambassador to Ethiopia and the OAU - 1967 * Minister of Foreign Affairs - 1972-73 * Communication and Transport - 1973-74 * Mineral Resources and Agriculture - 1975 * Minister in the East African Community - 1975-76 * Regional Commissioner of Iringa - 1980-84 * Member and vice-president of the Maitland Commission (ITU) - 1983–84 * Member of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Commonwealth on South African situation - 1985 * Tanzanian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom - 1989-90 * Prime Minister and First Vice President 1990-94 * Vice Chairman of the ruling Party, Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) - 1995-2007 * Member of Parliament for Mtera - 1990-2010 * Former Chancellor of The Open University of Tanzania (OUT)
==Honours and awards== ===Honours=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |-- ! width="60px" |Year ! Country ! colspan=2 | Order |- | align="center" | 2024 | {{flag|Tanzania}} | image_size="80px" |80px | Order of the Uhuru Torch (2nd class)<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=ikulumawasliano |number=1783098382443053199 |title=Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan akimtunuku na kumvalisha Nishani ya Mwenge wa Uhuru Daraja la Pili }}</ref> |}
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==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050420041654/http://www.tanemb.se/malecelaprofile.htm Embassy profile]. Accessed 2005-10-13.
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