Tulia Ackson | |
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31st President of the IPU and 7th Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania | |
Assumed office 1 February 2022 | |
President | Samia Suluhu |
Preceded by | Job Ndugai |
Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Tanzania | |
In office November 2015 – 31 January 2022 | |
President | John Magufuli |
Preceded by | Job Ndugai |
Succeeded by | Iddi Azzan |
Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania | |
Assumed office 19 November 2015 | |
Preceded by | Anna Makinda |
16th Deputy Attorney General of Tanzania | |
In office 9 September 2015 – 15 November 2015 | |
President | Jakaya Kikwete |
Preceded by | George Masaju |
Member of the 1st Constituent Assembly of Tanzania | |
In office 18 February 2014 – 2 October 2014 | |
Appointed by | Jakaya Kikwete |
President | Jakaya Kikwete |
Personal details | |
Born | Bulyaga, Tukuyu, Rungwe, Mbeya, Tanzania | 23 November 1976
Alma mater | University of Dar es Salaam (LL.B) University of Dar es Salaam (LL.M) University of Cape Town(PhD) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | https://www.agctz.go.tz/ |
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 the 27th October 2023, she was elected the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) through the meeting convened at Luanda Angola where she passed other contestants by a great margin.