Monarchy of Tanganyika
Monarchy of Tanganyika | |
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Coat of Arms of Tanganyika | |
Queen Elizabeth II of Tanganyika | |
Details | |
Style | Her Majesty |
First monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Last monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Formation | 9 December 1961 |
Abolition | 9 December 1962 |
Residence |
United Kingdom Buckingham Palace Tanganyika Government House |
Appointer | Hereditary |
The Monarchy of Tanganyika (the Tanganyikan monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign of Tanganyika from 1961 to 1962. Tanganyika shared the Sovereign with the other Commonwealth realms. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the Governor-General of Tanganyika. The royal succession was governed by the English Act of Settlement of 1701.
The monarchy was abolished in 1962, when Tanganyika became a republic within the Commonwealth. Tanganyika merged with the Zanzibar in 1964 after the Zanzibari Revolution to form Tanzania.
History
The Monarchy of Tanganyika was created by the Tanganyika Independence Act 1961 which transformed the United Nations trust territory of Tanganyika into the independent sovereign constitutional monarchy of Tanganyika. Tanganyika adopted a new constitution in 1962 which abolished the monarchy.
List of monarchs
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Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | Monarch from | Monarch until | Consort | Heir apparent |
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Queen Elizabeth II | 21 April 1926 | 9 December 1961 | 9 December 1962 | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Charles, Prince of Wales | ||
Titles
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Elizabeth II 9 December 1961 – 12 January 1962 By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith 12 January 1962 – 9 December 1962 By the Grace of God, Queen of Tanganyika and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth |
Visits
The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visited Tanzania as Head of the Commonwealth in 1979.
See also
- President of Tanganyika
- President of Tanzania
- Governor-General of Tanganyika