Profile: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan

BEIJING, Nov. 1  — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan will pay a state visit to China from Wednesday to Friday at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Hassan, 62, served as the Minister of State in the Vice-President’s Office for Union Affairs. In October 2015, she was elected as the vice president of Tanzania, and was re-elected in October 2020. In March 2021, she was sworn in as president upon the death of President John Magufuli. (Xinhua)