Chief Justice of Tanzania

After the First World War, the former German-governed colony Tanganyika was put under British authority in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.Skinner (2005), . 184 A year later, a High Court was established by an Order in Council and the post of the chief justice was formed.Peter and Bisimba (2007), p. 62 Tanganyika became independent in 1961 and after a year was transformed into a republic.

In 1964 it merged with Zanzibar into the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which later in that year was renamed to United Republic of Tanzania.Heyns (1997), p. 283 Despite the unification both parts of the new state retained their formed judicial system. The Court of Appeal for Tanzania, which has law jurisdiction over the entire state, was inaugurated in 1979.Peter and Bisimba (2007), p. 102

• 1920–1924: William Morris Carter{{London Gazette | issue=32020 | page=8479 | date=17 August 1920}}
• 1924–1929: William Alison Russell{{London Gazette | issue=32953 | page=5162 | date=4 July 1924}}
• 1929–1934: Joseph Alfred Sheridan{{London Gazette | issue=33537 | page=6100 | date=24 September 1929}}
• 1934–1936: Sidney Solomon Abrahams{{London Gazette | issue=34037 | page=2115 | date=30 March 1934}}
• 1936–1939: Llewelyn Chisholm Dalton{{London Gazette | issue=34304 | page=4509 | date=14 July 1936}}
• 1939–1945: Ambrose Henry Webb{{London Gazette | issue=34733 | page=7637 | date=14 November 1939}}
• 1945–1951: George Graham Paul{{London Gazette | issue=37133 | page=3140 | date=15 June 1945}}
• 1951–1955: Herbert Charles Fahie Cox{{London Gazette | issue=39391 | page=6120 | date=23 November 1951}}
• 1955–1960: Edward John Davies{{London Gazette | issue=40534 | page=4027 | date=12 July 1955}}
• 1960–1964: Ralph Windham{{London Gazette | issue=42039 | page=3575 | date=20 May 1960}}

• 1964–1965: Ralph WindhamFitzwilliams (1980), p. 1369
• 1965–1971: Philip Telford GeorgesSleeman (2003), p. 598
• 1971–1977: Augustine SaidiMartin (1974), p. 73
• 1977–2000: Francis Lucas NyalaliHeyns (1997), p. 282
• 2000–2007: Barnabas A. Samatta{{cite news | title=Barnabas Samatta | issue=890 | newspaper=The Indian Ocean Newsletter | date=2 May 2000 | url=http://www.africaintelligence.com/ION/who-s-who/2000/02/05/barnabas-samatta%2C96355-ART-login | access-date=28 December 2009}}
• 2007–2010: Augustino Ramadhani{{cite news | title=EAC hails new Chief Justice | issue=00479 | newspaper=The Arusha Times | date=28 July – 3 August 2007 | url=http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/2007/29/local_news_1.htm | access-date=28 December 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716054308/http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/2007/29/local_news_1.htm | archive-date=16 July 2011 | url-status=dead }}
• 2010–2017: Mohamed Chande Othman{{Cite web|title=Mohamed Chande Othman|url=https://www.wayamo.com/africa-group-for-justice-and-accountability/members/mohamed-chande-othman/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=Wayamo Foundation|language=en-GB}}
• Since 2017: Ibrahim Hamis Jumamillardayo.com

• Chief Justice of Zanzibar

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• {{cite book | author = Chris Maina Peter | author2 = Helen K. Bisimba | name-list-style = amp | title = Law and Justice in Tanzania: Quarter of a Century of the Court of Appeal | publisher = Mkuki na Nyota Publishers | location = Dar es Salaam | year = 2007 | ISBN = 9987-449-43-3 }}
• {{cite book | editor = Elizabeth Sleeman | title = The International Who's Who 2004 | publisher = Europa Publications Ltd. | location = London | year = 2003 | ISBN = 1-85743-217-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond }}
• {{cite book | editor = Richard Fitzwilliams | title = The International Who's Who 1981 | publisher = Europa Publications Ltd. | location = London | year = 1980 | ISBN = 0-905118-48-0 }}
• {{cite book | last = Heyns | first = Christof | title = Human Rights Law in Africa, 1997 | volume = II | publisher = Kluwer Law International | location = The Hague | year = 1997 | ISBN = 90-411-1113-1 }}
• {{cite book | last = Martin | first = Robert | title = Personal Freedom and the Law in Tanzania: A Study of Socialist State Administration | url = https://archive.org/details/personalfreedoml0000mart | url-access = registration | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford | year = 1974 }}
• {{cite book | last = Skinner | first = Annabel | title = Tanzania & Zanzibar | publisher = Cadigan Guides | location = London | year = 2005 | ISBN = 1-86011-216-1 }}

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