Wednesday, December 09, 2009



48 years of Uhuru

And Jamhuri

From Deutsch Øst Afrika,

Tanganyika to Tanzania –



17 Feb 1885 - 1 Jan 1891 German East Africa Company


1 Jan 1891 - 9 Oct 1916


9 Oct 1916 - 1919


1919 - 1 May 1961

1 May 1961 - 30 Jun 1964


Adopted 30 Jun 1964


Chronology


17 Feb 1885 Area acquired by Carl Peters for the Deutsche Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft German East African Company).

27 May 1885 German East Africa Protectorate

27 May 1885 - 1 Jul 1890 German protectorate over Witu in Kenya; contested by Britain.

28 Apr 1888 Germany obtains a lease of the coastal strip from the Sultan of Zanzibar.

1 Jan 1891 German East Africa colony (Deutsch Ostafrika); end of DOAG rule.

19 May 1916/18 Sep 1916 Belgian conquest of parts of German East Africa; Nyaza (19 May 1916), Ruanda (17 Jun 1916), Urundi (6 Jul 1916), Usui (29 Jul 1916 - Mar1921), Ujiji and Kigoma (20 Jul 1916 [Ujiji to 22 Mar 1921]), and Tabora region (18 Sep 1916 - Feb 1917)(see under Ruanda-Urundi).

9 Oct 1916 British occupation of German East Africa begins (on Mafia island from Dec 1914); resisted by German forces on the move until 14 Nov 1918.

30 May 1919 Treaty with Britain: only Ruanda and Urundi remain under Belgian administration (effective Mar 1921).

10 Jan 1920 Kionga triangle south of Rovuma River, under Portuguese occupation since 1918, is ceded toPortuguese Mozambique.

20 Jul 1922 League of Nations mandate under Britain (Tanganyika).

11 Dec 1946 Tanganyika a United Nations trust territory under Britain.

1 May 1961 Self-rule achieved.

9 Dec 1961 UHURU - Independence (Tanganyika).

9 Dec 1962 JAMHURI - Republic of Tanganyika

26 Apr 1964 United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

11 Dec 1964 United Republic of Tanzania

Administrator

27 May 1885 - 8 Feb 1888 Karl Peters

Reichskommissar (Imperial commissioner)

8 Feb 1888 - 21 Feb 1891 Hermann von Wissmann

Governors


14 Feb 1891 - 15 Sep 1893 Julius Freiherr von Soden

1891 Rüdiger (acting for Soden)


15 Sep 1893 - 26 Apr 1895 Friedrich Radbod Freiher von Schele


26 Apr 1895 - 3 Dec 1896 Herrmann von Wissmann


3 Dec 1896 - 12 Mar 1901 Eduard von Liebert


12 Mar 1901 - 15 Apr 1906 Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen


15 Apr 1906 - 22 Apr 1912 Georg Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg


22 Apr 1912 - 14 Nov 1918 Albert Heinrich Schnee


(from 9 Oct 1916, on the move in opposition to British forces)


Administrator


9 Oct 1916 - 22 Jul 1920 Horace Archer Byatt

(from 1918, Sir Horace Archer Byatt)


Governors


22 Jul 1920 - 5 Mar 1925 Sir Horace Archer Byatt

1924 - 5 Mar 1925 John Scott (acting for Byatt)

Mar 1925 - Jan 1931 Donald Charles Cameron


1929 Sir Douglas James Jardine (acting for Cameron)


Jan 1931 - Feb 1934 George Stewart Symes


19 Feb 1934 - 8 Jul 1938 Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael


8 Jul 1938 - 19 Jun 1941 Sir Mark Aitchinson Young


19 Jun 1941 - 28 Apr 1945 Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson


28 Apr 1945 - 18 Jun 1949 Sir William Denis Battershill


18 Jun 1949 - Jun 1958 Sir Edward Francis Twining


15 Jul 1958 - 9 Dec 1961 Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull


9 Dec 1961 - 9 Dec 1962 the Queen of the United Kingdom Governor-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)


9 Dec 1961 - 9 Dec 1962 Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull


Presidents


9 Dec 1962 - 5 Nov 1985 Julius Kambarage Nyerere (TANU/CCM)


5 Nov 1985 - 23 Nov 1995 Ali Hassan Mwinyi (CCM )


23 Nov 1995 - 21 Dec 2005 Benjamin William Mkapa (CCM)


21 Dec 2005 - Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (CCM)


Chief minister


2 Sep 1960 - 1 May 1961 Julius Kambarage Nyerere (TANU)

Prime ministers


1 May 1961 - 22 Jan 1962 Julius Kambarage Nyerere TANU


22 Jan 1962 - 9 Dec 1962 Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa (1st time)TANU


9 Dec 1962 - 17 Feb 1977 Post abolished


17 Feb 1972 - 13 Feb 1977 Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa (2nd time) TANU


13 Feb 1977 - 7 Nov 1980 Edward Moringe Sokoine CCM


7 Nov 1980 - 24 Feb 1983 Cleopa David Msuya (1st time) CCM


24 Feb 1983 - 12 Apr 1984 Edward Moringe Sokoine CCM


24 Apr 1984 - 5 Nov 1985 Salim Ahmed Salim CCM


5 Nov 1985 - 9 Nov 1990 Joseph Sinde Warioba CCM


9 Nov 1990 - 7 Dec 1994 John Samuel Malecela CCM


7 Dec 1994 - 28 Nov 1995 Cleopa David Msuya (2nd time)CCM


28 Nov 1995 - 30 Dec 2005 Frederick Tluway Sumaye CCM


30 Dec 2005 - 9 Feb 2008 Edward Ngoyai Lowassa CCM


9 Feb 2008 - Mizengo Kayanza Peter
Pinda CCM

Source: http://www.worldstatesmen.org/


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