List of speakers of the National Assembly of Tanganyika

The office of Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanganyika was originally held by the Governor of Tanganyika, from the National Assembly's creation in 1926 as the Legislative Council of Tanzania Mainland, until 1953. The first speaker of the office not a governor of Tanganyika was Sir William Scupham and the last was Adam Sapi Mkwaka, who, in 1964, became the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania.

Below is a list of all the individuals who have held the office of Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanganyika.

NameTook officeLeft officeNotesGovernor of Tanganyika7 December 19261 November 1953Sir William Scupham1 November 195330 April 1958 Sir John Harry Barclay Nihill1 May 195831 December 1958Abdulkarim Yusufali Alibhai Karimjee1 January 195626 December 1962Adam Sapi Mkwawa December 27, 19621964Mkwawa continued as Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania

References

Taylor, James Clagett: "Political development of Tanganyika"

See also List of speakers of the National Assembly of Tanzania