Thomas Marealle
Politician, Deceased Person
1915 – 2007
Who was Thomas Marealle?
Chief Thomas Lenana Marealle II OBE was the Paramount Chief of the Chagga people of Tanzania and a politician.
After winning a paramont chieftainship election, which he ran against Abdi Shangali of Hai, Jackson Kitali of Moshi, Petro Marealle of Vunjo and John Maruma of Rombo, Chief Mareale was inaugurated as chief in January 1952. The government abolished the system of Chieftainships in 1961, although Marealle, anticipating this, had voluntarily left his post the previous year. His tenure as Mangi Mkuu was regarded as a golden age, marked by major improvements in education, health, the cooperative movement, and communications in his area. In particular his court system and his equitable water allocation system are recalled with great nostalgia. After working for the United Nations in the field of foreign aid for thirteen years, he retired as a diplomat. He died on 14 February 2007 at the age of 92, and buried at his homeplace in Marangu, Moshi.
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- Born
- Jun 12, 1915
Marangu - Nationality
- Tanzania
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 14, 2007
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on July 23, 2013
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