The colony of

German East Africa German East Africa (GEA; german: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozam ...

(german: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was founded in the 1880s, after the

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explorer Carl Peters signed treaties with native chieftains on neighboring

Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...

. On 3 March 1885, the government of the

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granted an imperial charter to the

German East Africa Company The German East Africa Company (german: Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft, abbreviated DOAG) was a chartered colonial organization which brought about the establishment of German East Africa, a territory which eventually comprised the areas ...

, and a protectorate was established. German colonial rule in the region lasted until

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, when the British occupied the colony during the East African campaign. The British territory of Tanganyika was established on 20 July 1922, when Britain acquired a

mandate Mandate most often refers to: * League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919 * Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate Mandate may also ...

to administer the region as a result of Article 22 of the Covenant of the

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. On 18 April 1946, the mandate was reorganized as a

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of the

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. Afterwards, the region remained under British administration until it gained independence on 9 December 1961 as

Tanganyika Tanganyika may refer to: Places * Tanganyika Territory (1916–1961), a former British territory which preceded the sovereign state * Tanganyika (1961–1964), a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania * Tanzania Main ...

List

(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) For continuation after independence, ''see: '' List of heads of state of Tanzania#Governor-General

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World Statesmen – Tanzania
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Governors Of Tanganyika

Governors of German East Africa Governors of Tanganyika (territory) sv:Tanganyikaterritoriet

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