Samuel Sitta

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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][2] and Minister of East African Cooperation from 2010[3] 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.[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 (Klinikum rechts der Isar) in Munich (Germany) after falling ill for a short period.[5]

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