Julie Manning

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Julie Manning
High Court judge
Assumed office
1973

Julie Catherine Manning was a Tanzanian lawyer, judge and politician. The first Tanzanian woman to study law, she was a High Court judge before serving as Minister of Justice from 1975 to 1983.

Life[]

In 1963 Julie Manning became the first woman to study law at the University of East Africa. She later worked as a law draughtswoman in the Attorney General's Chamber.[1] In 1973 she was appointed judge of the High Court of Tanzania, making her the first African woman High Court judge in east or central Africa.[2] In 1975 she was appointed Minister of Justice, making her one of the first two women to serve in a Tanzanian cabinet.[3]

After Joseph Warioba succeeded Manning as Justice Minister in 1983, she worked as a counsel at the Tanzanian embassy Ottawa, Canada

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References[]

  1. ^ Africa Woman, 1975, p.16
  2. ^ 'Woman made judge', The Times, 7 May 1973.
  3. ^ Africa News, Vol. 19, 1982. p.60
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