Julie Manning

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.

Julie Manning
High Court judge
Assumed office
1973

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

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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