List of ambassadors of Tanzania to China

Ambassador of Tanzania to China
Ambassador of Tanzania to China
	Incumbent; Mbelwa Kairuki; since March 17, 2017
Inaugural holder	Tewa Said Tewa
Formation	1965

The Tanzanian Ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Dodoma to the Government of China.

List of representatives[edit]

diplomatic agreement/designated/Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Observations	List of heads of state of Tanzania	Premier of the People's Republic of China	Term end
1965	Alhaj Tewa Said Tewa		Julius Nyerere	Zhou Enlai	1965
1965	Waziri Juma		Julius Nyerere	Zhou Enlai	1966
1967	Paul Eliel Mwaluko		Julius Nyerere	Zhou Enlai	1969
1969	Salim Ahmed Salim		Julius Nyerere	Zhou Enlai	1969
1970	Richard S. Wambura		Julius Nyerere	Zhou Enlai	1975
1975	Job Malecela Lusinde	^[1]	Julius Nyerere	Zhou Enlai	1984
September 5, 1984	Clement George Kahama	^[2]	Julius Nyerere	Zhao Ziyang
July 24, 1989	Ferdinand К. Ruhinda	Kamuntu Ferdinand Ruhinda, former Managing Editor of the Daily News in Tanzania^[3]	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Li Peng
July 14, 1993	Seif Ali Iddi	^[4]	Ali Hassan Mwinyi	Li Peng
March 17, 2000	Charles Asilia Sanga	^[5]	Benjamin William Mkapa	Zhu Rongji
November 14, 2006	Oraar Ramadhan Mapuri	^[6]	Jakaya Kikwete	Wen Jiabao
May 23, 2012	Philip Marmo		Jakaya Kikwete	Wen Jiabao
June 12,2013	Luteni Jenerali Mstaafu Abdulrahman Shimbo		Jakaya Kikwete
January 07,2017	Mbelwa Brighton Kairuki .		John_Magufuli