Roland Brown
| Roland Brown | |
|---|---|
 Brown (second left) | |
| 1st Attorney General of Tanzania | |
|
In office 1964–1965 | |
| Appointed by | Julius Nyerere |
| Succeeded by | Mark Bomani |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
| Profession | Barrister |
Roland Brown is an English barrister who served as the first Attorney General of Tanzania.[1]
Early life and career
Brown was a part time lecturer at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. He was appointed as a constitutional adviser to Julius Nyerere, the leader of the Tanganyika Territory's independence movement.[2]
Tanzania
In 1961, he was appointed as the first Attorney General of independent Tanganyika, succeeding J. S. R. Cole. However, he was not a member of the cabinet.[3] After the revolution that overthrew the neighbouring Sultanate of Zanzibar in 1964, Nyerere is said to have asked him to draft a union agreement in the strictest confidence between Tanganyika and the new state of the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba.[4] In 1965, he was succeeded by Mark Bomani.
Following the 1967 Arusha Declaration, Brown was given three days to prepare a bill for the nationalization of private owned banks in the country.[5]
References
- ↑ "JOAN WICKEN". tzaffairs.org. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ Charles Parkinson (22 November 2007). Bills of Rights and Decolonization: The Emergence of Domestic Human Rights Instruments in Britain's Overseas Territories. Oxford University Press. pp. 231–. ISBN 978-0-19-923193-5.
- ↑ James Clagett Taylor (1963). The Political Development of Tanganyika. Stanford University Press. pp. 197–. ISBN 978-0-8047-0147-1.
- ↑ Godfrey Mwakikagile (2008). The Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar: Product of the Cold War?. Intercontinental Books. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-0-9814258-5-6.
- ↑ James H. Mittelman (24 September 2013). Underdevelopment and the Transition to Socialism: Mozambique and Tanzania. Elsevier. pp. 159–. ISBN 978-1-4832-5787-7.
