Dr. Abdallah Saleh Possi (born 25 August 1979) is a Tanzanian diplomat who serves as Tanzania's Permanent Representative to The United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva. Before, he served as Tansania´s Ambassador to Germany, and was also accredited to Austria (until May 2022), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, the Holy See, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland.[1] Before assuming his first Diplomatic obligations, Dr. Possi had served as a Member of Parliament and the Deputy Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office responsible for Persons with Disability.[2] Previously, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Dodoma in Tanzania; and practiced as an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania.[2] He had also worked as a tutor at the Institute of Judicial Administration in Lushoto, Tanga, Tanzania. He holds LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), and a Dr. phil. from the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in Germany. Dr. Possi is married and has three children.
Dr Abdallah Saleh Possi Ambassador | |
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| Tanzania´s Permanent Representative to The United Nations Office, Geneva | |
| Assumed office June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Maimuna Tarishi |
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| Born | 25 August 1979 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Alma mater | University of Dar es Salaam (LL.B., LL.M.) University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (Dr.phil.) |
Works
edit- POSSI, A. (2018) 'Integrating Persons with Disabilities in the East African Labour Market A Comparative Analysis of Employment and Disability Laws in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda', in J. DÖVELING et al. (eds), Harmonisation of Laws in the East African Community: the State of Affairs with Comparative Insights from the European Union and other Regional Economic Communities, 5 TGCL Series, 213–242.
- POSSI, A. & POSSI, A. 'The identity Question versus Appropriateness of legal Anti-discrimination Measures: Endorsing the Disability Rights Approach to Albinism', African Disability Rights Yearbook, 5 (2017), 118 -140. http://www.adry.up.ac.za/index.php/section-a-articles-2017/abdallah-possi-ally-possi Archived 2020-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
- POSSI, A. 'Implementing Article 33 of the CRPD: Tanzanian approach', African Disability Rights Yearbook, 4 (2016), 191–210. http://www.adry.up.ac.za/index.php/section-a-articles-4-2016/abdallah-possi Archived 2020-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
- POSSI, A. 'Relating Equality and Disability Approaches in Tanzania: The Law in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar', Zanzibar Yearbook of Law, 5 (2015), 3 – 29. http://www.zlsc.or.tz/documents/VOLUME%205.pdf Archived 2018-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- POSSI, A. 'Criminal Justice in Disrepute: An Overview of Treatment of Accused Persons and Convicts in Tanzania', The Open University Law Journal, 1/1 (2007), 83–97.
References
edit- ^ https://de.tzembassy.go.tz
- ^ a b Makoye, Kizito (2015-12-15). "Tanzania appoints first albino deputy minister". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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