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Cleopa Msuya

1931 - 2025

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Cleopa David Msuya (4 January 1931 – 7 May 2025) was the Prime Minister of Tanzania from 7 November 1980 to 24 February 1983 and again from 7 December 1994 to 28 November 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Cleopa Msuya is the 17,370th most popular politician, the 25th most popular biography from Tanzania and the 16th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

Cleopa David Msuya is most famous for serving as Tanzania's Prime Minister twice—first from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1994 to 1995—and as First Vice President from 1990 to 1995. He was the only Tanzanian to have been appointed Prime Minister by two different presidents, Julius Nyerere and Ali Hassan Mwinyi, and was a key figure in the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party until his retirement in 2000.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cleopa Msuya ranks 17,370 out of 19,576. Before him are Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Algirdas Šemeta, Richard Seddon, P. A. Sangma, Gilles Simeoni, and Trinidad Jiménez. After him are Sato Kilman, Juanita M. Kreps, Guillaume Soro, Sol Plaatje, Taher Abouzeid, and Ghulam Nabi Azad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Cleopa Msuya ranks 582. Before him are Ricardo Vidal, Elizabeth J. Feinler, Alfred Swift, Paulias Matane, Tomimaru Okuni, and Nasir Hussain. After him are John Shelby Spong, John Kerr, James Abourezk, Brook Benton, Cliff Hagan, and Klára Fried-Bánfalvi. Among people deceased in 2025, Cleopa Msuya ranks 134. Before him are Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Greg Bell, David Johansen, Brian Murphy, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, and Giuseppe Moioli. After him are Thelma Hopkins, Julius Chan, Cristóbal Ortega, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Joseph Wambaugh, and Fred Newhouse.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Cleopa Msuya ranks 25 out of 39. Before him are Marin Hinkle (1966), Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Anna Aloys Henga (1901), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), and Filbert Bayi (1953). After him are Suleiman Nyambui (1953), Amani Abeid Karume (1948), Rachel Luttrell (1971), Ali Mohamed Shein (1948), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), and Vicky Ntetema (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Cleopa Msuya ranks 16. Before him are Mizengo Pinda (1948), Edward Lowassa (1953), John Magufuli (1959), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), and Rashidi Kawawa (1926). After him are Amani Abeid Karume (1948), Ali Mohamed Shein (1948), and Anna Tibaijuka (1950).

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