Dr. Tulia Ackson (born 1976) is a Tanzanian legal scholar, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, and the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). She ascended to the Speakership in 2022 following the resignation of Job Ndugai, and maintained her powerful position through the 2025 election cycle. A highly educated technocrat with a PhD in Law, Dr. Ackson initially entered government as the Deputy Attorney General before transitioning to elective politics. She is the Member of Parliament for Mbeya Urban, a seat she wrested from the opposition in 2020. In late 2023, she achieved global recognition by being elected President of the IPU in Geneva. Despite her global diplomatic prestige, domestically she is viewed as a staunch enforcer of CCM supremacy within the legislature, tightly controlling parliamentary debates and ensuring rapid passage of executive bills.