Samuel Sitta

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.

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 28 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	Ally Amani Karavina
Succeeded by	Margaret Simwanza Sitta
Personal details
Born	18 December 1942 Urambo District, Tanganyika
Died	7 November 2016(2016-11-07) (aged 73) Munich, Germany
Resting place	Urambo District, Tanzania
Nationality	Tanzanian
Political party	CCM
Spouse	Margaret Simwanza Sitta
Alma mater	University of Dar es Salaam IMEDE (AdvDip)
Positions	MD, 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 (Klinikum rechts der Isar) in Munich (Germany) after falling ill for a short period.^[5]