Samuel Sitta
Samuel Sitta | |
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Member of Parliament for Urambo East | |
| In office December 2005 – July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Amani Karavina |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Simwanza Sitta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1942 MD , Tanzania Investment Centre (1996-2005) |
Samuel John Sitta (18 December 1942 – 7 November 2016) was a Tanzanian
Minister of East African Cooperation from 2010[3]
to 2015.
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
- ^ "Parliament of Tanzania". www.parliament.go.tz.
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- ^ "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Investment chief elected new Tanzanian parliament speaker", People's Daily, 29 December 2005, retrieved 3 May 2010
- ^ Said, Mariam. "Mugufuli mourns Sitta". dailynews.co.tz. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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