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The National Assembly of Tanzania was formed as the Legislative Council of Tanzania Mainland – then known as Tanganyika – in 1926. The Council was formed under a law enacted by the British Parliament called the Tanganyika Legislative Council Order and Council. The law was gazetted in Tanganyika on 18 June 1926.
Most members of the Bunge, Tanzania's National Assembly, are elected concurrently by direct popular vote for 5-year terms. Additional members are nominated by the President, and five seats are chosen by the Zanzibar House of Representatives. Further seats are reserved for female members who are selected by their parties.
Name Took office Left office Notes Adam Sapi Mkwawa: 26 April 1964 19 November 1973 Mkwawa was elected as Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanganyika on 27 November 1962 [2]
The National Assembly, or Bunge la Jamhuri ya Muungano, has 323 members: 232 members elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies and 75 seats allocated to women who are elected by the political parties that are represented in the National Assembly.
The unicameral National Assembly of Tanzania or Bunge has 393 seats — 264 elected by popular vote, 113 allocated to women chosen by their parties in proportion to their share of the electoral vote, 10 nominated by the president, five members chosen by the Zanzibar House of Representatives, and the Attorney General as an ex officio member ...
Tulia Ackson (born 23 November 1976) is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, in office since 2022. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was appointed as a Member of Parliament by President John Magufuli . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On 27 October 2023, she was elected the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) through the meeting convened at Luanda Angola ...
Theddy Ladislaus was born in the United Republic of Tanzania. She served as the vice president of the Mzumbe University Student Organisation-MUSO from 2013 to 2014. She was elected and later appointed as a delegate in the constituent assembly of Tanzania. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Currently the party is the leading opposition party in the Zanzibar House of Representatives parliament holding political grounds together with Chama Cha Mapinduzi in a government coalition in Tanzania semi-autonomous Islands of Zanzibar archipelago.