Hassan Joho
Hassan Ali Joho | |
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| Cabinet Secretary, Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs | |
| Assumed office 24 July 2024 | |
| President | William Ruto |
| Preceded by | Salim Mvurya |
| Governor of Mombasa County | |
| In office 27 March 2013 – 15 September 2022 | |
| Deputy | Hazel Nyamoki Katana |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Abdullswamad Sherrif Nassir |
| National Assembly of Kenya | |
| In office 15 January 2008 – 26 March 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ananiah Mwasambu Mwaboza |
| Succeeded by | Rashid Bezimba |
| Constituency | Kisauni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hassan Ali Joho 26 February 1973 Kisauni, Mombasa, Kenya |
| Party | Orange Democratic Movement |
| Spouse | Madina Hassan Joho |
| Children | 4 |
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Ali Hassan Joho (born 26 February 1973) is a Kenyan politician who is the Cabinet Secretary for Mining and Blue Economy in the Republic of Kenya. He is the former Governor of Mombasa County, affiliated with the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).
He was also elected to represent the Kisauni Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya during the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election. On 4 March 2013, during the general election, Joho was elected as the first governor of Mombasa County. In the 2017 General Elections held on 8 August, Joho retained his seat on an ODM ticket, Despite significant politically engineered setbacks. He emerged triumphant by winning with 220,576 votes against his closest rival, Suleiman Shahbal, with 69,322 votes, a member of the Jubilee Party. Joho served as governor of Mombasa until 2022, when he completed the constitutionally allowed two five-year terms. He was succeeded by Abdulswammad Sherrif Nassir the former member of the National Assembly for Mvita Constituency.