Tanzania Government Flight Agency (TGFA) is one of the executive agencies of Tanzania . It provides VIP flight services to government officials. The Tanzania Government Flight Agency supports and manages all Tanzanian government aircraft, which it leases to Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL).
6-710: The Tanzania Government Flight Agency was established under the Tanzanian Executive Agencies Act No. 30 of 1997, which came into effect on May 17, 2002, per the Government Notice No. 193. TGFA took over the functions of the Government Flying Unit under the Ministry of Communications and Transport with the purpose of providing air transport services in a more efficient, cost effective, and business-like manner to
12-590: Is Leonard Chamuriho, with the airline under the control of Dr. John Magufuli , the President of Tanzania since 2015. In the government revitalization plan of Air Tanzania in 2016, the government purchased six new planes through the Government Flight agency that are leased to Air Tanzania. In May 2016, the company purchased two Bombardier Q400s , that it received in September 2016. In December 2016,
18-539: Is the head of state and head of government of Tanzania . Samia Suluhu Hassan , sworn in on 19 March 2021, is the first female president of the United Republic of Tanzania. She succeeded John Magufuli following his death on 17 March 2021. The president serves a term of five years. As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Tanzania . The first president for whom
24-699: The Government. In 2018, the Agency was transferred from the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication to the President’s Office , State House through Government Notice No. 252 of 2018. George Mkuchika was Minister of Transport, heading TGFA, prior to being named Minister of President’s Office Good Governance and Public Services in December 2020. As of December 2020, the Minister of Works and Transport
30-510: The company further placed four more orders to acquire two Airbus A220 -300, one Bombardier Q400 and one Boeing 787 Dreamliner . In November 2021 at the Dubai Airshow, the company placed four orders with Boeing for one B787 Dreamliner, two B737 max and a B767 freighter. The fleet consists of: President of Tanzania The President of the United Republic of Tanzania ( Swahili : Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania )
36-462: The term limits applied was Mwinyi in 1995. The president of Tanzania is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and is "accountable to a legislature composed of elected members and representative of the people." After its independence in 1961 as Tanganyika, the country was first led by Richard Turnbull as governor-general until Julius Nyerere became the first and only president under
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