Tanzania ruling party endorses President Magufuli as party chairman until 2022

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's ruling party--Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) on Monday endorsed President John Magufuli as the party's national chairman until 2022.

The CCM 9th Congress in the capital Dodoma also endorsed Zanzibar President Mohamed Shein as CCM vice-chairman for the Zanzibar archipelago and Philip Mangula as the party's vice-chairman for Tanzania mainland.

The congress also retrained Abdulrahman Kinana as the party's secretary general after a request by CCM national chairman President John Magufuli.

President Magufuli has requested Kinana to retain the leadership of the ruling party as secretary general during the party's National Executive Committee congress in the capital Dodoma. Kinana who became the party's secretary general in 2012 agreed to the request. Enditem