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

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from December 2005 to 2010 and

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from 2010 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 Pius Msekwa (born 9 June 1935) was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania The National Assembly of Tanzania ( sw, Bunge la Tanzania) and the President of Tanzania of the United Republic make up the Parliament of Tanzania. The current ...

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 a
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) in Munich (Germany) after falling ill for a short period.

References

1942 births 2016 deaths Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs Tanzanian MPs 2010–2015 Speakers of the National Assembly (Tanzania) Government ministers of Tanzania Tabora Boys Secondary School alumni University of Dar es Salaam alumni People from Tabora Region Tanzanian Roman Catholics {{Tanzania-politician-stub