About Samwel John Sitta
Lived 1942 – 2016 (aged 73). Samwel John Sitta was a Tanzanian politician and minister.
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 and Minister of East African Cooperation 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 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.
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Tanzanian politician
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Samwel John Sitta was born on 18 December 1942 in Tanganyika Territory.
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Samwel John Sitta died on 7 November 2016 in Munich.
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Samwel John Sitta was a politician and minister.
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Samwel John Sitta was Tanzanian.
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