Adelardus Kilangi

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Professor Adelardus Lubango Kilangi was the 9th Attorney General of Tanzania.

Early life and career

Professor Kilangi was born 6 April 1969.[1] Kilangi was a member of the African Union Commission on International Law. He also served as the president of the commission from 2012 to 2014.[2] Prior to the appointment he was also a director at St. Augustine University of Tanzania and served at various capacities at the university. In 2013 Kilangi released research work, "The Principle of Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources: Its Application in Regulating the Mineral Sector in Tanzania".[3][4]

Attorney General

Kilangi succeeded George Masaju [5] and preceded Eliezer Feleshi. Kilangi was sworn in by President John Pombe Magufuli on Monday, 9 November 2020 at State House in Dodoma[6]

Ambassador

In December 2021, Kilangi was appointed as the Tanzanian ambassador to Brazil.[7][8]

References

  1. 1."Professor Adelardus Kilangi". URT Embassies and Diplomatic Missions. Dodoma, Tanzania: Tanzania Embassies and Diplomatic Missions. 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. 2."AVL Faculty: Mr. Adelardus Kilangi". legal.un.org. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  3. 3."JPM appoints new Attorney General, deputy". The Citizen. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  4. 4."Adelardus Kilangi Bio UN Legal" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-19.
  5. 5.Kamagi, Deogratius (2020-06-17). "Tanzania: Masaju, Kilangi in Defence of National Interests". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
  6. 6."Magufuli afuata nyayo za watangulizi wake uteuzi wa Majaliwa" (in Swahili). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mwananchi Communications. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  7. 7."Adelardus Kilangi é o novo embaixador da Tanzânia no Brasil". Diplomacia Business (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  8. 8.Said, Mariam (2022-01-17). "Tanzania: PM Tells New Envoys to Put Tanzania First". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.