Robert Kisanga (20 June 1933 – 23 January 2018) was a Tanzanian judge. He served as a judge in the

High Court of Tanzania In 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar formed the United Republic of Tanzania. After the Treaty of the Union, the two countries continued to remain with their own legal systems including court structures. In the 1977 Constitution of the United Republic ...

and was a Justice of Appeal at the Court of Appeal of the United Republic of Tanzania. He served as the first Chairman of the Tanzania Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance before retiring in 2008. He was educated at the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

(LLB) in England. He was also a Barrister in

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...

in London. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Birmingham University in 2010. Kisanga died on 23 January 2018 at Regency Hospital in

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

where he was receiving medical treatment.

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Alumni of the University of Birmingham Members of the Middle Temple 1933 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Tanzanian judges {{Tanzania-bio-stub