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Lieutenant Colonel. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950) [1] [2] is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015. Prior to his election as president, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa. He also served as the chairperson of the ...
e. The president of the United Republic of Tanzania ( Swahili: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is the head of government. [2] Samia Suluhu Hassan, sworn in on 19 March 2021, is the first female president of the United Republic of Tanzania. She succeeded John Magufuli following his death on 17 March 2021.
Samia Suluhu Hassan ( / sɑːmiɑː / / suluhu / / hɑːssɑːn / // ⓘ, SAH-mee-ah Soo-LOO-hoo HA-San; born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian politician who has served as president of Tanzania since 19 March 2021. She is the first woman to serve in the position. She previously served as vice-president of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021, from which ...
v. t. e. General elections were held in Tanzania on 31 October 2010. [1] The presidential elections were won by the incumbent Jakaya Kikwete of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party (CCM), who received 63% of the vote, down from 80% in 2005. The parliamentary elections resulted in a victory for the CCM, which won 186 of the 239 elected seats in the ...
Jakaya Kikwete became President of Tanzania on 21 December 2005 following the 2005 Tanzanian general election. Kikwete was president for 10 years and ended his tenure on 5 November 2015, the following is a list of international presidential trips made by Jakaya Kikwete while in office.
Zanzibar. Songea. President before election. Jakaya Kikwete. CCM presidential nominee. John Magufuli. The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential primaries, 2015 took place in July 2015 to determine CCM 's nominee for the Presidency of Tanzania for the 2015 election. [1] [2] [3] The Chama Cha Mapinduzi ( Party of the Revolution) is the country's ...
The second inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete as the 4th president of Tanzania took place on Saturday, 6 November 2010. The inauguration marked the beginning of the second and final term of Jakaya Kikwete as President and Mohamed Gharib Bilal as Vice President. [1] [2]
Edward Lowassa. Edward Ngoyai Lowassa (26 August 1953 – 10 February 2024) was a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania [2] from 2005 to 2008, serving under President Jakaya Kikwete. [3] Lowassa went into record as the first Prime Minister to have been forced to resign by a fraud scandal in the history of Tanzania.