Julie Manning | |
|---|---|
| High Court judge | |
| In office 1973–1975 | |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 1975–1983 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 January 1939 |
| Nationality | Tanzanian |
| Occupation | lawyer,judge and politician |
Julie Catherine Manning (born 24 January 1939) [1] 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. [2]
Manning was born in Morogoro. In 1963,she became the first woman to study law at the University of East Africa. [3]
She later worked as a law draughtswoman in the Attorney General's Chamber. [3] 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. [4] She was named Minister of Justice in 1975,making her one of the first two women to serve in a Tanzanian cabinet,alongside Tabitha Siwale. [5] [6]
After Joseph Warioba succeeded Manning as Justice Minister in 1983,she worked as a counsel at the Tanzanian embassy in Ottawa,Canada.