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Samuel Sitta

Samuel Sitta

Samuel John Sitta (18 December 1942 – 7 November 2016) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Urambo East. He was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from December 2005 to 2010[1][2] and Minister of East African Cooperation from 2010[3] to 2015.

Samuel Sitta
Minister of Transport
In office
24 January 2015 – 5 November 2015
PresidentJakaya Kikwete
Preceded byHarrison Mwakyembe
4th Minister of East African Cooperation
In office
28 November 2010 – 24 January 2015
Preceded byDiodorus Kamala
Succeeded byHarrison Mwakyembe
5th Speaker of the National Assembly
In office
28 December 2005 – 16 July 2010
Preceded byPius Msekwa
Succeeded byAnne Makinda
Member of Parliament
for Urambo East
In office
December 2005 – July 2015
Preceded byAmani Karavina
Succeeded byMargaret Sitta
Personal details
Born18 December 1942
Urambo District, Tanganyika
Died7 November 2016(2016-11-07)(aged 73)
Munich, Germany
Resting placeUrambo District, Tanzania
NationalityTanzanian
Political partyCCM
Spouse(s)Margaret Sitta
Alma materUniversity of Dar es Salaam
IMEDE(AdvDip)
PositionsMD, Tanzania Investment Centre(1996-2005)

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.[4]

He was elected to succeed Pius Msekwa as Speaker of the National Assembly on 26 December 2005.[4] 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 [6] (Klinikum rechts der Isar) in Munich (Germany) after falling ill for a short period.[5]

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.parliament.go.tz"Parliament of Tanzania". www.parliament.go.tz.
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[2]
Citation Linkallafrica.comMunyaga, Mboneko (30 September 2009), "Former Prime Minister Salim Showers Praise On Sitta", AllAfrica.com, AllAfrica Global Media, retrieved 3 May 2010 Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
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Citation Linkwww.parliament.go.tz"Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2013. Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
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[4]
Citation Linkenglish.people.com.cn"Investment chief elected new Tanzanian parliament speaker", People's Daily, 29 December 2005, retrieved 3 May 2010
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[5]
Citation Linkdailynews.co.tzSaid, Mariam. "Mugufuli mourns Sitta". dailynews.co.tz. Archived from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016. Cite uses deprecated parameter |deadurl= (help)
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[6]
Citation Linkwww.med.tum.deTUM School of Medicine
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[7]
Citation Linkwww.parliament.go.tz"Parliament of Tanzania"
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Citation Linkallafrica.com"Former Prime Minister Salim Showers Praise On Sitta"
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Citation Linkweb.archive.org"Member of Parliament CV"
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Citation Linkwww.parliament.go.tzthe original
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Citation Linkenglish.people.com.cn"Investment chief elected new Tanzanian parliament speaker"
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Citation Linkweb.archive.org"Mugufuli mourns Sitta"
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Citation Linkdailynews.co.tzthe original
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