Lawrence Gama

Honourable Lawrence Gama MP
Member of Parliament for Songea Town
In office October 1995 – 2005
Succeeded by	Emmanuel Nchimbi
Secretary General Chama Cha Mapinduzi
In office 1995–1997
Chairman	Benjamin Mkapa
Preceded by	Horace Kolimba
Succeeded by	Philip Mangula
Personal details
Born	(1935-01-19)19 January 1935 Tanganyika Territory
Died	16 December 2009(2009-12-16) (aged 74)
Resting place	Songea
Nationality	Tanzanian
Political party	Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Spouse(s)	Siwajibu Salum Abdallah Terezya Huvisa
Relations	Zainab Amir Gama
Children	John Gama, William Gama, Stephen Gama, Mussa Gama, Elisha Gama
Alma mater	University of Berlin (MSc), PhD)

Lawrence M. Gama (19 January 1935 – 16 December 2009) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Songea constituency from 1995 to 2005. Prior to that, he was the Head of the National Service (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa - JKT) from May 1970 - January 1973, Regional Commissioner for the Dodoma, Ruvuma, Tabora, and Morogoro Regions, and Head of the Special Branch (precursor to the present day Tanzania Intelligence and Security Services - TISS). ^[1]

References

1. "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2013.