Samuel Sitta

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 byAlly Amani Karavina
Succeeded byMargaret Simwanza 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
SpouseMargaret Simwanza Sitta
Alma materUniversity of Dar es Salaam
IMEDE (AdvDip)
PositionsMD, Tanzania Investment Centre (1996-2005)

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.