Samuel Sitta

Samuel John Sitta (18 December 1942 – 7 November 2016) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Urambo East. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from December 2005 to 2010[1][2] and Minister of East African Cooperation from 2010[3] to 2015.

Samuel Sitta
Minister of Transport
In office
24 January 2015  5 November 2015
PresidentJakaya Kikwete
Preceded byHarrison Mwakyembe
4th Minister of East African Cooperation
In office
28 November 2010  24 January 2015
Preceded byDiodorus Kamala
Succeeded byHarrison Mwakyembe
5th Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
28 December 2005  16 July 2010
Preceded byPius Msekwa
Succeeded byAnne Makinda
Member of Parliament
for Urambo East
In office
December 2005  July 2015
Preceded byAmani Karavina
Succeeded byMargaret Sitta
Personal details
Born18 December 1942
Urambo District, Tanganyika
Died7 November 2016(2016-11-07) (aged 73)
Munich, Germany
Resting placeUrambo District, Tanzania
NationalityTanzanian
Political partyCCM
Spouse(s)Margaret Sitta
Alma materUniversity of Dar es Salaam
IMEDE (AdvDip)
PositionsMD, Tanzania Investment Centre (1996-2005)

Life and career

Sitta, a member of the majority Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, served as a member of parliament from 1975 to 1995 and was director-general of the Tanzania Investment Centre. Later he served again as an MP, representing Urambo Mashariki.[4]

He was elected to succeed Pius Msekwa as Speaker of the National Assembly on 26 December 2005.[4] He was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of East African Cooperation in 2010.

Samuel Sitta died at around 3am on 7 November 2016 at TUM School of Medicine (Klinikum rechts der Isar) in Munich (Germany) after falling ill for a short period.[5]

References

  1. "Parliament of Tanzania". www.parliament.go.tz.
  2. Munyaga, Mboneko (30 September 2009), "Former Prime Minister Salim Showers Praise On Sitta", AllAfrica.com, AllAfrica Global Media, retrieved 3 May 2010
  3. "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. "Investment chief elected new Tanzanian parliament speaker", People's Daily, 29 December 2005, retrieved 3 May 2010
  5. Said, Mariam. "Mugufuli mourns Sitta". dailynews.co.tz. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.


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