Andrew John Chenge (born 24 December 1947) is a Tanzanian CCM politician. He is currently the longest serving Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania, a former Minister of Infrastructure, and a former Member of Parliament for Bariadi West constituency from 2005 to 2020.
Background After serving as Attorney-General, he was appointed as Minister of East African Affairs in the Cabinet named on January 4, 2006.Hassan Muhiddin, "JK's beefed up team", Guardian (IPP Media), January 5, 2006. He was then appointed as Minister of Infrastructure on October 15, 2006,"Kikwete reshuffles Cabinet", Guardian (IPP Media), October 16, 2006. retaining that post in the Cabinet named on February 12, 2008.List of Cabinet ministers (as of February 12, 2008), Tanzanian Parliament website. He resigned on 20 April 2008 after it was revealed by UK's Serious Fraud Office that he holds US$1million (over 1 billion Tanzania shillings) in an overseas offshore account, allegedly as kickbacks from a controversial military radar deal between UK's BAE Systems and Tanzania government which he partly oversaw while serving as Attorney-General. However, an investigation by Tanzania's Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau concluded that Chenge was not related to the radar scam. "Not yet free", Guardian on Sunday (IPP Media), July 10, 2011"PCCB probes Chenge over wealth property" , The Citizen, July 21, 2011
In 2009, Andrew Chenge was involved in an accident in Dar es Salaam in which two women died. He was later convicted of dangerous driving and fined 700,000 Tsh.
He was reelected in November 2015 as a parliamentary representative for the Bariadi West Constituency. He has also been appointed as the presiding Chairman of Parliament as of January 2015.
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External links Chenge case not yet closed, says UK, 11 November 2010 BAE plea deal in danger of collapse, 20 December 2010