Samuel Sitta

Samuel Sitta
Minister of Transport
In office 24 January 2015 – 5 November 2015
President	Jakaya Kikwete
Preceded by	Harrison Mwakyembe
4th Minister of East African Cooperation
In office 28 November 2010 – 24 January 2015
Preceded by	Diodorus Kamala
Succeeded by	Harrison Mwakyembe
5th Speaker of the National Assembly
In office 26 December 2005 – 16 July 2010
Preceded by	Pius Msekwa
Succeeded by	Anne Makinda
Member of Parliament for Urambo East
In office December 2005 – July 2015
Preceded by	Amani Karavina
Succeeded by	Margaret Sitta
Personal details
Born	18 December 1942 Tanganyika
Nationality	Tanzanian
Political party	CCM
Spouse(s)	Margaret Sitta
Alma mater	University of Dar es Salaam IMEDE (AdvDip)
Positions	MD, Tanzania Investment Centre (1996-2005)

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

Life and career

He is a member of the majority Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and represents Urambo Mashariki. He was previously a member of parliament from 1975 to 1995. He also was previously served as director-general of the Tanzania Investment Centre.^[3]

He was elected to succeed Pius Msekwa as Speaker of the National Assembly on 26 December 2005.^[3] He was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of East African Cooperation in 2010.

References

1. Munyaga, Mboneko (30 September 2009), "Former Prime Minister Salim Showers Praise On Sitta", AllAfrica.com (AllAfrica Global Media), retrieved 3 May 2010
2. "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
3. "Investment chief elected new Tanzanian parliament speaker", People's Daily, 29 December 2005, retrieved 3 May 2010