Samuel Sitta Explained

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.

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parliament of Tanzania. www.parliament.go.tz.
  2. Web site: Member of Parliament CV. Parliament of Tanzania. 6 September 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130315040807/http://parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1449/2010-2015. 15 March 2013. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Mugufuli mourns Sitta. Said. Mariam. dailynews.co.tz. 2016-11-07. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161110054235/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/46301-mugufuli-mourns-sitta. 10 November 2016. dmy-all.