Samuel Sitta | |
Term Start: | 24 January 2015 |
Term End: | 5 November 2015 |
President: | Jakaya Kikwete |
Order2: | 4th |
Office2: | Minister of East African Cooperation |
Term Start2: | 28 November 2010 |
Term End2: | 24 January 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Diodorus Kamala |
Office3: | 5th Speaker of the National Assembly |
Term Start3: | 28 December 2005 |
Term End3: | 16 July 2010 |
Predecessor3: | Pius Msekwa |
Successor3: | Anne Makinda |
Office4: | Member of Parliament for Urambo East |
Term Start4: | December 2005 |
Term End4: | July 2015 |
Predecessor4: | Amani Karavina |
Successor4: | Margaret Simwanza Sitta |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1942 |
Birth Place: | Urambo District, Tanganyika |
Death Place: | Munich, Germany |
Restingplace: | Urambo District, Tanzania |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Party: | CCM |
Spouse: | Margaret Simwanza Sitta |
Blank1: | Positions |
Data1: | MD, Tanzania Investment Centre |
Samuel John Sitta (18 December 1942 – 7 November 2016) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Urambo East of Tabora Region . He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from December 2005 to 2010[1] and Minister of East African Cooperation from 2010[2] to 2015.
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.
He was elected to succeed Pius Msekwa as Speaker of the National Assembly on 26 December 2005. 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.[3]