Erasto Andrew Mbwana Mang'enya

Erasto Andrew Mbwana Mang'enya (April 17, 1915 – date of death missing) was a Tanganyikan/Tanzanian diplomat and politician.

• He was a chief of the Bondei people, from the Usambara Mountains in north – eastern Tanzania. Before becoming chief of the Bondei, Mang’enya was head teacher at Old Moshi Secondary School. He was, one of the earliest Tanganikans to receive a university degree, had a strong involvement with Bondei nationalism in the late fifties, yet was successfully able to rewrite his life history to make an accommodation with Tanganyikan nationalism, downplaying the ethnic component in favour of his role within the civil service [1]
• In 1938 he entered Tanganyika's Department of Education, a fore-runner of Tanzania's Ministry of Education, and worked at the following Secondary Schools:
• 1938—1943 Malangali,;
• 1943—1947 Moshi,;
• 1947—1952 Tanga,;
• 1953–1957 Tabora,.
• In 1958 he taught at Songea Secondary School.
• At the end of 1958, Mang'enya was elected Mtema (Chief) of the Wabondei of Muheza District.
• In 1960 he entered Parliament on Tanganyika African National Union Party ticket and was elected Deputy Speaker.
• In 1962 he was appointed Junior Minister in the Ministry of Communications, Power & Works of the Government of newly independent Tanganyika.
• In 1963 he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was sent to New York as Tanganyika's Chief Delegate at the United Nations.
• From April 17, 1963 to 1964 he was permanent representative to the United Nations.[2]
• From 1964 to 1965 he was minister of community development and national culture.

Erasto Andrew Mbwana Mang'enya
Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations
In office April 17, 1963 – 1964
Preceded by	Asanterabi Zephaniah Nsilo Swai
Succeeded by	John Malecela
Personal details
Born	April 17, 1915 Mkuzi Village in Muheza District Tanga Region, Tanzania.
Parents	He is the eldest son of Canon Henry and Mary Eleanor Mang'enya
Education	From 1919 to 1933 he went through a number of schools in the Anglican Diocese of Zanzibar and Tanga. The schools he attended were Mkuzi, Magila, Kiwanda, and finally Minaki Teacher Training School. In 1934 he joined King's College Budo another Anglican institution, where he sat for the Makerere College Entrance Examination. From 1935 to 1937 he was at Makerere College.

• In 1965 he became the first Chairman of the Tanzania's Permanent Commission of Enquiry (Ombudsman).
• In 1970 he was appointed Chairman of the Tribunal that heard appeals on Acquired Buildings.
• In 1972 he became again Chairman of the Permanent Commission of Enquiry.
• As a Chairman, he visited Australia, New Zealand and Israel.
• In 1967 he travelled to the Scandinavian countries, East Germany and visited the Soviet Union.[3][4]

He was the Speaker of the National Assembly from November 1973 to November 1975.[5]

References

1. Willis, J. (1993). "The Administration of Bonde, 1920, 60: A Study of the Implementation of Indirect Rule in Tanganyika." African Affairs 92(366): 53–67,
2. Chief Erasto A.M. Mang’enya, the new Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to the Secretary-General, U Thant.
3. Erasto Andrew Mbwana Mang'enya, Discipline and tears: reminiscences of an African civil servant on 1984,
4. Thomas Molony, Nyerere: The Early Years
5. "Parliament of Tanzania". www.parliament.go.tz.

Library of Congress Call Number:DT447.2.M36 A3 1984