Mark Bomani

Judge Mark Bomani (2 January 1932[1] – 10 September 2020) was a Tanzanian politician and lawyer. He was Attorney General of Tanzania from 1965 to 1976 during the Julius Nyerere presidency.[2] Later he was a Judge and ran a private law practice.[3][4] He was born in 1932 in Bunda, Mara Region, Tanganyika. He was a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi.

Bomani was also the chief aide to both Julius Nyerere and Nelson Mandela on peace negotiations during the first Burundian Civil War.[5]

Bomani died on 10 September 2020 at the age of 88.[6]

References

  1. Africa Year Book and Who's who. 1977. ISBN 9780903274050.
  2. (in en-US) Prominent Leaders - Tanzania Zalendo. http://tanzaniazalendo.org/our-nation/the-people/prominent-leaders/. Retrieved 2016-10-12. 
  3. Mwakikagile, Godfrey (2007-01-01). Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era. New Africa Press. ISBN 9780980253412.
  4. Ndembwike, John (2016-10-12). Life in Tanzania Today and Since the Sixties. Continental Press. ISBN 9789987932245.
  5. "Great Lakes leaders meet to discuss Burundi's peace". www.panapress.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. Retired Judge Mark Bomani dies at the age of 88