Honorific-Prefix: | Honourable |
Lawrence Gama | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Songea Town |
Term Start: | October 1995 |
Term End: | 2005 |
Successor: | Emmanuel Nchimbi |
Office2: | Secretary General Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
Term Start2: | 1995 |
Term End2: | 1997 |
1Blankname2: | Chairman |
Predecessor2: | Horace Kolimba |
Successor2: | Philip Mangula |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1935 |
Birth Place: | Tanganyika Territory |
Restingplace: | Songea |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Party: | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
Spouse: | Siwajibu Salum Abdallah Terezya Huvisa |
Relations: | Zainab Amir Gama |
Children: | John Gama, William Gama, Stephen Gama, Mussa Gama, Elisha Gama |
Grand Children: | John.W.Gama |
Lawrence M. Gama (19 January 1935 – 16 December 2009) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Songea constituency from 1995 to 2005. Prior to that, he was the Head of the National Service (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa - JKT) from May 1970 - January 1973, Regional Commissioner for the Dodoma, Ruvuma, Tabora, and Morogoro Regions, and Head of the Special Branch (precursor to the present day Tanzania Intelligence and Security Services - TISS). [1]