"Yes, he has submitted his resignation to the president. It does not mean he has resigned. The president will decide (whether to accept it)," Speaker Samuel Sitta told Reuters by telephone from Tanzania's administrative capital Dodoma.
Sitta gave no reason why Lowassa, who was appointed prime minister in December 2005, had tendered his resignation now.
Lowassa served previously as a minister with portfolios including lands, human settlement, development, water and livestock development.
His resignation offer comes days after Kikwete was elected chairman of the African Union at a summit in Ethiopia.
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