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Julius Nyerere

president of Tanzania

Also known as: Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Mwalimu

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In full:: Julius Kambarage Nyerere

Also called:: Mwalimu (Swahili: “Teacher”)

Born:: March 1922, Butiama, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]

Died:: October 14, 1999, London, England (aged 77)

Title / Office:: president (1964-1985), Tanzania; prime minister (1960-1961), Tanganyika

Julius Nyerere (born March 1922, Butiama, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]—died October 14, 1999, London, England) was the first prime minister of independent Tanganyika (1961), who later became the first president of the new state of Tanzania (1964). Nyerere was also the major force behind the Organization of African Unity (OAU; now the African Union). Nyerere was a son of the chief of the small Zanaki ethnic group. He was educated at Tabora Secondary School and Makerere College in Kampala, Uganda. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he taught in several Roman Catholic schools before going to Edinburgh University. He was the ...(100 of 1022 words)

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