Barnabas Albert Samatta (born 20 July 1940) is a retired Tanzanian lawyer and judge who was Chief Justice of Tanzania from 2000 to 2007.
Barnabas Albert Samatta was born on 20 July 1940 in Ng'ombo Village, Mbinga District.
[3] In 1960, he took a temporary job at the Mwadui diamond mine near Shinyanga, at that time owned by De Beers of South Africa.
[3] In 1962, he worked for the Mtwara District Court before joining the Faculty of Law of the University of Dar es Salaam in 1963.
In September 1967, Samatta was named an assistant legal advisor to Earle E. Seaton in the delegation to the United Nations in New York for three months.
[7] In 2000, he was appointed Chief Justice of the United Republic of Tanzania and Chairman of the Judicial Service Commission.