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$Unique_ID{COW03658}
$Pretitle{262}
$Title{Tanzania
Appendix B. Structure of The Revolutionary Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi-CCM)}
$Subtitle{}
$Author{Eugene K. Keefe}
$Affiliation{HQ, Department of the Army}
$Subject{members
district
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regional
conference
committee
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$Date{1978}
$Log{}
Country: Tanzania
Book: Tanzania, A Country Study
Author: Eugene K. Keefe
Affiliation: HQ, Department of the Army
Date: 1978
Appendix B. Structure of The Revolutionary Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi-CCM)
National Level
Leadership
Chairman; Vice Chairman: Elected by National Conference for five-year
term. Can be reelected. Removed by two-thirds vote of mainland and Zanzibar
National Conference members.
Chief Executive Secretary; two Deputy Chief Executive Secretaries:
Appointed by chairman. Responsible to him and Central Committee for routine
party administration. One deputy for mainland and one for Zanzibar, but
jurisdiction of each covers entire country.
Central Committee
Chairman: Revolutionary Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi-CCM) chairman.
Membership: CCM chairman and vice chairman; thirty members nominated by
National Executive Committee (NEC) from mainland and islands; up to ten
members nominated by chairman.
Standing subcommittees: Defense and Security, chaired by CCM chairman;
Development Planning, chaired by CCM vice chairman; party activities, chairman
appointed by president of republic from Central Committee members; Public
Institutional Activity, chairman appointed by CCM chairman from among Central
Committee members; Island Affairs, chaired by CCM vice chairman.
Other Central Committee responsibilities: Political education programs;
prepare NEC agenda; special fundraising authorization; review candidates for
all leadership posts at all levels; appoint CCM secretaries and commissars;
routine CCM administration under NEC direction.
Meeting Frequency: Bimonthly.
National Executive Committee (NEC)
Chairman: CCM chairman.
Membership: All Central Committee members; all regional chairmen and
secretaries; all chairmen and secretaries of designated mass organizations;
twenty members from mainland elected by National Conference; twenty from
Zanzibar elected by Zanzibar Revolution Council (ZRC).
Responsibilities: Chief executive organ of CCM; initiate, discuss, and
decide on policy guidelines; CCM policy and supervise all defense and security
activities and all development plans and activities; prepare National
Conference agenda; monitor conduct and activities of CCM members, with power
to dismiss members from leadership positions; elect thirty members from both
mainland and Zanzibar to Central Committee; make final nominations of
candidates to National Assembly; elect eight members of Board of Trustees from
both mainland and Zanzibar; fill vacancies in own membership from National
Conference members; designate mass organizations. Decisionmaking reached by
consensus or by majority of members present and voting. Decisions on structure
of government or division of responsibility between mainland and Zanzibar
require approval of two-thirds of mainland and of Zanzibari delegates.
Meeting Frequency: Semiannually.
National Conference
Chairman: CCM chairman.
Membership: All members of NEC; all members of parliament (MPs); all
members of ZRC; all district chairmen and secretaries; ten members elected
from each district conference; members of East African Legislative Assembly
(EALA); one member from each designated mass organization.
Responsibilities: Supreme organ of CCM; formulate general policy and
superintend implementation of all party activities; receive reports of NEC;
confirm, repudiate, or revoke any decision of any organ or officer of CCM;
amend Constitution.
Standing Committees: All MPs-ensure implementation of CCM policies in all
parliamentary activities; all ZRC members-ensure implementation of CCM policy
in all activities carried out by ZRC. Quorum is two-thirds of all mainland
members and of all Zanzibari members.
Meeting frequency: Every five years.
Regional Level
Leadership
Regional Chairman: Elected by Regional Conference; five-year term; has
overall charge of CCM affairs in region.
Regional Secretary: Appointed by CCM chairman; principal executive
officer of CCM in region; convenes all meetings of CCM regional organs.
Regional Working Committee
Chairman: Regional chairman.
Membership: Regional chairman and regional secretary; three members from
each district elected by the Regional Conference to the Regional Executive
Committee; members of the NEC who reside in region.
Responsibilities: Routine administration of CCM affairs in region under
Regional Executive Committee direction; recommend applicants for regional
leadership posts; make final nominations for CCM leadership posts for branches
in region.
Meeting Frequency: Every two months.
Regional Executive Committee
Chairman: Regional chairman.
Membership: All members of the Regional Working Committee; all district
chairmen and secretaries; two members from each designated mass organization
in the region; all ZRC members who reside in region; all MPs from the region;
all members of the EALA who reside in the region.
Responsibilities: Carry out decisions of national and regional councils;
guide and supervise all regional defense, security and developmental
activities; guide District Executive Committee in region; monitor conduct of
party members and public institutions within region.
Meeting frequency: Semiannually.
Regional Conference
Chairman: Regional chairman.
Membership: All members of the Regional Executive Committee; ten members
elected by each district; one member elected by each of the region's Branch
Conference; three members elected by each of the region's designated mass
organizations; ten members of the National Conference who represent each
district in the region.
Responsibilities: Supreme CCM organ at regional level; ensure that
resolutions passed by National Conference are implemented in region; elect
regional chairman and three members from each district to Regional Executive
Committee.
Meeting Frequency: Every thirty months.
District Level
Leadership
District Chairman: Elected by District Conference; five-year term;
overall charge of CCM affairs in district.
District Secretary: Appointed by CCM chairman; chief executive officer of
CCM in district; responsible to District Executive Committee for routine
administration of CCM affairs; convene all meetings of CCM district organs.
District Working Committee
Chairman: District chairman.
Membership: District chairman and district secretary; constituency MP for
district; a ZRC member who resides in the district; ten members elected by the
District Conference to the District Executive Council; members elected by the
Regional Conference to represent the district in the Regional Executive
Committee.
Responsibilities: Responsible for district affairs of CCM under direction
of District Executive Committee; decides on applications for CCM membership;
recommends applicants for CCM leadership positions in district; nominates
candidates for district development council.
Meeting frequency: Every two months.
District Executive Committee
Chairman: District chairman.
Membership: All members of District Working Committee; all Regional
Executive Committee members who reside in district; all ZRC members who reside
in district; ten members elected by District Conference; two members from each
designated mass organization in district; all branch chairmen and secretaries
in district; all EALA members who reside in district.
Responsibilities: Carry out decisions and resolutions passed by District
Conference, Regional Conference, and National Conference; implemen