List of Governors of Tanganyika
List of governors of Tanganyika (1919–1961):
After the British armed forces occupied the northern part of Tanzania in the First World War , which until then had been under German administration as part of German East Africa , Horace Archer Byatt was entrusted with the general administration of the British-occupied zone in October 1916. After the League of Nations mandate of 1919, in which Tanganyika was awarded to the British, he became the first governor .
The last incumbent, Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull, became Governor General on December 9, 1961, when Tanganyika became independent . After the founding of the republic on December 9, 1962, the previous Prime Minister Julius Nyerere became President and the new head of state of Tanganyika .
| Surname | personal data | Term of office |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Horace Archer Byatt | (* 1875, † 1933) | July 22, 1920 - March 5, 1925 |
| John Scott (acting) | (* 1878, † 19 ??) | 1924 - March 5, 1925 |
| Donald Charles Cameron | (* 1872, † 1948) | March 5, 1925 - January 1931 |
| Sir Douglas James Jardine (acting) | (* 1988, † 1946) | 1929 |
| Sir George Stewart Symes | (* 1882, † 1962) | January 1931 - February 1934 |
| Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael | (* 1882, † 1969) | February 19, 1934 - July 8, 1938 |
| Sir Mark Aitchison Young | (* 1886, † 1974) | July 8, 1938 - July 19, 1941 |
| Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson | (* 1883, † 1971) | June 19, 1941 - April 28, 1945 |
| Sir William Denis Battershill | (* 1896, † 1959) | April 28, 1945 - June 18, 1949 |
| Sir Edward Twining, Baron Twining | (* 1899, † 1967) | June 18, 1949 - June 1958 |
| Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull | (* 1909, † 1998) | July 15, 1958 - December 9, 1961 |
| Governor General after Tanganyika gained independence | ||
| Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull | (* 1909, † 1998) | December 9, 1961 - December 9, 1962 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Tanzania.html
- ↑ from 1924 also governor of Trinidad and Tobago