Leaders

Samia Suluhu Hassan

Who leads Tanzania? Samia Suluhu Hassan, President. Profile, record and power assessment from the Magna Bureau leader index.

President — Tanzania

Record & power

Record score	61
Power score	52

Country momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

Why it matters

Record $11bn in new project registrations (2025); SGR railway advancing; Julius Nyerere hydropower (2,115 MW) near completion; Vision 2050: $1tn economy, $7k per-capita.
SGR railway; Julius Nyerere hydropower (2,115 MW); EACOP pipeline; Lindi LNG; Bagamoyo port revival.
2025 vote marred by disqualifications, detentions, and protest deaths documented by HRW/Amnesty; reconciliation commission announced January 2026 — untested.
EAC and SADC anchor; US, UK, and Chinese investment ties; EACOP pipeline with Uganda; LNG talks with Western majors.

Other leaders

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Tanzania Rankings

Across the Bureau

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