Mark Bomani | |
Order: | 2nd |
Office: | Attorney General of Tanzania |
Term Start: | 1965 |
Term End: | 1976 |
President: | Julius Nyerere |
Predecessor: | Roland Brown |
Successor: | Joseph Warioba |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1932 |
Birth Place: | Bunda Town, Bunda District, Mara Region, Tanganyika Territory |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Party: | CCM |
Alma Mater: | Makerere University |
Judge Mark Bomani (2 January 1932[1] – 10 September 2020)[2] served as the second Attorney General of Tanzania from 1965 to 1976.[3] Later he was a judge and ran a private law practice.[4] [5]
Bomani was the Attorney General of Tanzania from 1965 to 1976 and was the first attorney general to be born in Tanzania. After serving in the government, he became a senior legal advisory in the United Nations between 1976 and 1990, working towards Namibian independence from South Africa and working to devise an independent legal system for the country.[6]
Bomani had great international negotiation experience and was also the chief aide to both Julius Nyerere and Nelson Mandela on peace negotiations during the first Burundian Civil War.[7]