Tanzania
28 Apr 1888 Germany obtains a lease of the coastal strip from the
sultan of Zanzibar
1891 German protectorate (German East Africa)
1916 British occupation
20 Jul 1922 League of Nations mandate (Tanganyika)
13 Dec 1946 United Nations trust territory
9 Dec 1961 independence
9 Dec 1962 Republic of Tanganyika
26 Apr 1964 United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
29 Oct 1964 United Republic of Tanzania
Reichskommissar
8 Feb 1889 - 21 Feb 1891 Hermann von Wissmann (b. 1853 - d. 1905)
Governors
14 Feb 1891 - 15 Sep 1893 Julius Freiherr von Soden (b. 1846 - d. 1921)
15 Sep 1893 - 25 Feb 1895 Friedrich Radbod Freiherr von
Schele (b. 1847 - d. 1904)
26 Apr 1895 - 3 Dec 1896 Hermann von Wissmann (s.a.)
3 Dec 1896 - 12 Mar 1901 Eduard (from 1 Jan 1900, von)
Liebert (b. 1850 - d. 1934)
12 Mar 1901 - 15 Apr 1906 Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (b. 1866 - d. 1910)
15 Apr 1906 - 22 Apr 1912 Georg Albrecht Freiherr von
Rechenberg (b. 1861 - d. 1935)
22 Apr 1912 - 14 Nov 1918 Albert Heinrich Schnee (b. 1871 - d. 1949)
Administrator
9 Oct 1916 - 22 Jul 1920 Horace Archer Byatt (from
1918, Sir Horace Archer Byatt) (b. 1875 - d. 1933)
Governors
22 Jul 1920 - 5 Mar 1925 Sir Horace Archer Byatt (s.a.)
5 Mar 1925 - Jan 1931 Donald Charles Cameron (b. 1872 - d. 1948)
Jan 1931 - Feb 1934 George Stewart Symes (b. 1882 - d. 1962)
Feb 1934 - 1938 Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael (b. 1882 - d. 1969)
1938 - 19 Jun 1941 Sir Mark Young (b. 1886 - d. 1974)
19 Jun 1941 - 28 Apr 1945 Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson (b. 1883 - d. 1971)
28 Apr 1945 - 18 Jun 1949 Sir William Denis Battershill (b. 1896 - d. 1959)
18 Jun 1949 - Jun 1958 Sir Edward Francis Twining (b. 1899 - d. 1967)
15 Jul 1958 - 9 Dec 1961 Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull (b. 1909 - d. 1998)
Governor-general (representing the British monarch as head of state)
9 Dec 1961 - 9 Dec 1962 Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull (s.a.)