List of Presidents of Tanzania
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This is a list of Prime Ministers of the United Republic of Tanzania. The east African nation was formed on 26 April 1964 after the union between Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba as the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. On 29 October 1964, the new nation changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania.
Presidents of Tanzania (1964–present)[edit]
- Parties
Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
| № | Picture | Name (Birth–Death) |
Took office | Left office | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar | |||||
| 1 |  |
Julius Nyerere (1922–1999) |
26 April 1964 | 29 October 1964 | TANU |
| United Republic of Tanzania | |||||
| 1 | |
Julius Nyerere (1922–1999)[1] |
29 October 1964 | 5 February 1977 | TANU |
| (1) | 5 February 1977 | 5 November 1985 | CCM | ||
| 2 |  |
Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–)[2] |
5 November 1985 | 23 November 1995 | CCM |
| 3 |  |
Benjamin Mkapa (1938–)[3] |
23 November 1995 | 21 December 2005 | CCM |
| 4 |  |
Jakaya Kikwete (1950–)[4] |
21 December 2005 | Incumbent | CCM |
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Served four terms. Elected unopposed by presidential elections in 1965, 1970, 1975 and 1980.
- ^ Served two terms. Elected unopposed by presidential elections in 1985 and 1990.
- ^ Served two terms. Elected by contested presidential elections in 1995 and 2000.
- ^ Currently serving his second term. Elected by contested presidential elections in 2005 and 2010.
See also[edit]
- Tanzania
- Politics of Tanzania
- First Lady of Tanzania
- List of colonial heads of Tanganyika
- List of Governors-General of Tanganyika
- List of Presidents of Tanganyika
- List of Prime Ministers of Tanganyika
- President of Tanzania
- List of Prime Ministers of Tanzania
- List of Sultans of Zanzibar
- List of Presidents of Zanzibar
- List of Prime Ministers of Zanzibar
- Lists of Incumbents
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