| Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete | |
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| Assumed office 21 December 2005 |
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| Prime Minister | Frederick Sumaye Edward Lowassa Mizengo Pinda |
| Vice President | Ali Mohamed Shein |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Mkapa |
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| Born | 7 October 1950 Msoga, Bagamoyo, Tanganyika |
| Political party | CCM |
| Spouse | Salma Kikwete |
| Religion | Muslim |
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born October 7, 1950) is a Tanzanian politician and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. This page contains a list of presidents of Tanzania. Last elections Presidents of Tanzania 1964-present Political Affiliation Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frederick Tluway Sumaye (born 1950) is the former Prime Minister of Tanzania. Edward Ngoyayi Lowassa (born 1953 is a former Prime Minister of Tanzania. Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda (born August 12, 1948) is a Tanzanian politician who has been Prime Minister of Tanzania since February 2008 Ali Mohamed Shein (born 13 March 1948) has been Vice President of Tanzania since 13 July 2001. Benjamin William Mkapa (born November 12, 1938) is a former President of the United Republic of Tanzania (1995 - 2005 and former Chairman for Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, was founded at the end of the 18th century Tanganyika is the name of an East African territory lying between the largest of the African great lakes Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika The Chama Cha Mapinduzi ( Party of the Revolution in Swahili) is the ruling Political party of Tanzania. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya Kikwete was born in Msoga, Bagamoyo District, Tanzania or as it was then known, Tanganyika. The town of Bagamoyo, Tanzania, was founded at the end of the 18th century Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya Tanganyika is the name of an East African territory lying between the largest of the African great lakes Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika Kikwete is also the Chairperson of the African Union. The Chairperson of the African Union is chosen by the Assembly of the African Union, which consists of the heads of state of member countries to serve a one-year
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Biography
Kikwete grew up witnessing the exercise of leadership by his grandfather Mrisho Kikwete as a local chief and father as a District Commissioner in colonial Tanganyika and Regional Administrative Secretary and an Ombudsman in post-colonial Tanganyika and the United Republic of Tanzania. He spent part of his childhood moving from one area of country to another as his father was transferred to different outposts. He also spent a better part of his childhood in the village under the guidance of his grandfather. Kikwete became a natural choice for leadership in school and later in the party (TANU and CCM) youth movements.
His leadership talents emerged at early stages in life. He was a student leader both in middle and secondary schools and at the University of Dar es Salaam. He was elected Chairman of the Students Council at Kibaha Secondary School and Deputy Head Prefect at Tanga Secondary School. He became very active in student politics at University. He was eventually elected Vice President of the Dar es Salaam University Students Organisation and de-facto President of the student government at the Main Campus in 1973/74. As a student leader, he spearheaded efforts to fight for student's rights and welfare. He was in the forefront in bringing about awareness and activism in liberation and anti-apartheid politics in the campus and the University community at large. He represented the Dar es Salaam University students and the students and youths of the African continent in several international conferences. Among such meetings were the International Youth Population Conference in 1974 in Bucharest, Romania.
Education
He received his primary education at Msoga Primary School between 1958 and 1961 and his middle school education at Lugoba School from 1962 to 1965. He then moved from Lugoba School to Kibaha Secondary School for O-level education between 1966 to 1969. The O-level (Ordinary Level is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education (GCE The following year he joined Tanga Secondary School for advanced level education. Kikwete attended the University of Dar es Salaam from 1972 to 1975, where he earned a degree in Economics. The University of Dar es Salaam is a university in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Personal
President Kikwete is a keen sportsman having played basketball competitively in school. He has been a patron of the Tanzania Basketball Federation for the past 10 years. He is married to Mama Salma Kikwete, and together they have eight children.
Leadership\Political Life
Graduating with a degree in economics in 1975, he opted for a low-paying job as an executive functionary/officer of the ruling Party (TANU later CCM). This gave him the opportunity to work at the grassroots in rural regions and districts of Tanzania.
Kikwete sharpened his leadership acumen in the military. He first had basic military training at Ruvu National Service Camp (1972) and later underwent a basic officers course at the famous Tanzania Military Academy at Monduli, Arusha. This is Tanzania’s top military training institution. On successful completion of the course, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1976. He also undertook Company Commander's Course in 1983 at the same academy. In his military career, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. From 1984 to 1986, Kikwete was Chief Political Instructor and Political Commissar at the Military Academy. He retired from the military as a lieutenant-colonel when political pluralism was reintroduced to Tanzania in 1992 when he chose to become a full time politician. Prior to that, he was permitted to be both in the military and political leadership.
In elective Party politics, Kikwete started shining in 1982 when he was overwhelmingly elected by the party (CCM) national congress to be a Member of the National Executive Committee. This is the highest policy and decision-making body of the party. He has won re-elections to the body every five years since then. Also, in 1997, he was elected a member of the party’s powerful 31-member Central Committee (CC). He is still a member of the Central Committee since he was reelected in 2002 for another term of 5 years.
Standing on the ground (L-R) * Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya * Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Executive President of Zimbabwe * Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, former President of Kenya * Benjamin William Mkapa, outgoing President of Tanzania * Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, incoming President of Tanzania * Ali Hassan Mwinyi, former President of Tanzania * Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda
Standing on the risers (L-R) * Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi * Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi * Festus Gontebanye Mogae, President of Botswana * Armando Emílio Guebuza, President of Mozambique * Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, President of Zambia * Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia * Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, President of South Africa * Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda * Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, President of Sudan * Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Letsie III, King of Lesotho
As a party cadre, Kikwete moved from one position to another in the party ranks and from one location to another in the service of the party. Mwai Kibaki (born November 15, 1931) is the President of Kenya. The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (born September 2, 1924) was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002 Benjamin William Mkapa (born November 12, 1938) is a former President of the United Republic of Tanzania (1995 - 2005 and former Chairman for Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya Ali Hassan Mwinyi (born May 8, 1925, Kivure Coast Region Tanzania) was the president of the United Republic of Tanzania from 1985 Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ( (born c 1944 Ntungamo, Uganda) has been the President of Uganda since 29 January 1986 The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. Bingu wa Mutharika (born February 24, 1934) is a Malawi economist politician and the current President of Malawi. The Republic of Malawi (məˈlɑːwi or; formerly Nyasaland) is in southern Africa. Pierre Nkurunziza (b 18 December, 1963) is the President of Burundi and chairman of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Burundi (buˈɾundi officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) was President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008 The Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana is a Landlocked nation in Southern Africa. Armando Emílio Guebuza (born 20 January 1943 is a Mozambican Politician and the President of Mozambique since 2005 Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Moçambique or República de Moçambique, ʁɛ'publikɐ d musɐ̃'bik is a country in southeastern Africa Levy Patrick Mwanawasa ( 3 September 1948 – 19 August 2008) was a Zambian politician The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. Meles Zenawi Asres (Ge'ez መለስ ዜናዊ አስረስ meles zēnāwī, b NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (born 18 June 1942 is a South African politician who served as President of South Africa from 1999 to 24 September 2008 The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Paul Kagame (born October 23, 1957) came to prominence as the leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF whose invasion of Rwanda is often cited as the The Republic of Rwanda (ruːˈændə or /rəˈwɑːndə/ in English ɾwanda or in Kinyarwanda is a small Landlocked country in the Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir ( Arabic: عمر حسن أحمد البشير born January 1 1944) is the President of Sudan. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. Joseph Kabila Kabange (born June 4, 1971) known commonly as Joseph Kabila, became president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to Letsie III (original name David Mohato Bereng Seeiso (born July 17, 1963) is the king of Lesotho. Lesotho (lɪˈsuːtuː) officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a Landlocked country and Enclave — entirely surrounded by the Republic of South When TANU and the Zanzibar’s Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) merged to form CCM in 1977, Kikwete was moved to Zanzibar and assigned the task of setting-up the new party’s organisation and administration in the Islands. In 1980, he was moved to the Party’s Headquarters as Administrator of the Dar es Salaam Head Office and Head of the Defence and Security Department before moving again up-country – to regional and district party offices in Tabora Region (1981-84) and Nachingwea (1986-88) and Masasi District (1988) in the country’s southern regions of Lindi and Mtwara respectively. President Kikwete throve in the military and grassroots party political organisation, mobilisation and administration until 1988 when he was appointed to join the Central Government. The then President Ally Hassan Mwinyi appointed him Member of Parliament and, simultaneously, Deputy Minister for Energy and Minerals on November 7, 1988. In 1990 he was promoted to full Minister responsible for the Ministry of Water, Energy and Minerals. Later the same year he successfully contested for a parliamentary seat in his home constituency of Bagamoyo. He was reappointed Minister for Water, Energy and Minerals in the government formed after the elections.
In 1994, at 44, he became one of the youngest Finance Ministers in the history of Tanzania. At the Treasury, he established discipline in public finance management and accountability and, until today, he is still remembered for establishing cash budget system and revamping of revenue collection structures, methods and institutions, including preparations for the formation and eventual establishment of the Tanzania Revenue Authority.
In December 1995, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, being appointed by President Benjamin William Mkapa of the third phase government. He held this post for ten years, until he was elected President of the United Republic of Tanzania in December 2005, hence becoming the country's longest serving foreign minister. During his tenure in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanzania played a significant role in bringing about peace in the Great Lakes region, particularly in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kikwete was also deeply involved in the process of rebuilding regional integration in East Africa. Specifically, several times, he was involved in a delicate process of establishing a Customs Union between the three countries of the East Africa Community (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania), where, for quite some time, he was a Chairman of East Africa Community’s Council of Ministers. Introducing candidate Kikwete at a campaign rally in Dar es Salaam on 21 August 2005, former President Mkapa described him as a super-diplomat, in recognition of his role in the search for peace in neighboring Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kikwete also participated in the initiation, and became a Co-Chair, of the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy.
On May 4th, 2005, Kikwete emerged victorious among 11 CCM members who had sought the party’s nomination for Presidential candidacy in the general election. After a 14th December 2005 multiparty general election, he was declared a winner by the Electoral Commission on December 17th, 2005 and was sworn-in as the Fourth President of the United Republic of Tanzania on 21st December 2005.
President Kikwete’s governing philosophy and political views are influenced by those of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere whom the President was privileged to be close to. So far Kikwete's government has received accolades across the country and in the donor community for fighting corruption, investing in people, particularly in education, and push for new investiments.
Although in the past two years of Kikwete's presidency, a remarkable 1,500 new secondary schools have been built, and a new 40,000-student science university is being built in Dodoma, central Tanzania, there is still a lot that needs to be done. But these successes have led the United States government to grant Tanzania US $698 million under the Millennium Challenge Account assistance program, the UK government US $500 million for education, and the New York based Africa-America Institute (AAI) to award Tanzania the Africa National Achievement Award in September 2007 in New York.
President Kikwete recently launched a national campaign for voluntary HIV/AIDS testing in Dar es Salaam. Human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) is a Lentivirus (a member of the Retrovirus family that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Dar es Salaam (دار السلام "Abode of Peace" Dār as-Salām) formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. He and his wife Mama Salma Kikwete were the first to be tested. [1]
He was elected as Chairman of the African Union on January 31, 2008 at an AU summit in Addis Ababa. The Chairperson of the African Union is chosen by the Assembly of the African Union, which consists of the heads of state of member countries to serve a one-year Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [2] His first notable success as AU chairman was to help bring a 2 month political crisis to an end by brokering a power sharing deal between Kibaki and Raila.
See also
- Tanzanian elections, 2005
- Tanzania People's Defence Force
- Tanzania
- Zanzibar
- History of Tanzania
- Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-IV), 2008. Tanzania held presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 December 2005. The Tanzania Peoples’ Defence Force (TPDF ( Swahili: Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania (JWTZ) was created in September 1964 Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya Zanzibar ( is part of the East African republic of Tanzania. It consists of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the The East African nation of Tanzania dates formally only from 1964 is a conference held every five years in Tokyo, Japan, with the objective "to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners
References
- ^ Tanzanian leader takes Aids test
- ^ "Kikwete is new AU chairman", Reuters (IOL), January 31, 2008.
External links
- Government of Tanzania
- Ippmedia Interview with Col Kikwete
- BBC Profile
- Jakaya Kikwete Swearing-In Ceremony
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President of Tanzania 2005 – present |
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