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Edward Lowassa

1953 - 2024

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Edward Ngoyai Lowassa (26 August 1953 – 10 February 2024) was a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 2005 to 2008, serving under President Jakaya Kikwete. Lowassa went into record as the first Prime Minister to have been forced to resign by a fraud scandal in the history of Tanzania. Following his resignation President Kikwete was obliged to dissolve his cabinet as required by the Constitution and with minimum delay, constituted a new one under a new Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda. After the ruling CCM failed to select him as its candidate for the October 2015 presidential election, he left the party and stood instead as an opposition candidate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Edward Lowassa is the 16,812th most popular politician (down from 11,645th in 2024), the 24th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 14th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Lowassa ranks 16,812 out of 19,576. Before him are Amir Ohana, Mike Enzi, Tom McMillen, Jaipal Singh Munda, Thomas Ewing, and Julián Castro. After him are Elena Salgado, Adolphe Muzito, Kinza Clodumar, Karan Singh, Tomasi Puapua, and Berthold Englisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Edward Lowassa ranks 484. Before him are Ferenc Kocsis, Cornel West, Arbana Xharra, Wolfgang Hohlbein, Hasse Borg, and Anthony Carmona. After him are Albert Pyun, Peter Horton, Manouchehr Mottaki, Sally Menke, Heiner Lauterbach, and Harumi Kori. Among people deceased in 2024, Edward Lowassa ranks 450. Before him are Kenjiro Shinozuka, Achim Müller, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Yamini Krishnamurthy, José Carlos de Almeida, and Steve Albini. After him are Rupert Keegan, Aigars Fadejevs, Wolfgang de Beer, Jim Inhofe, Charles Dierkop, and Maatia Toafa.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Edward Lowassa ranks 24 out of 39. Before him are Protase Rugambwa (1960), Amani Abeid Karume (1948), Marin Hinkle (1966), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), and Anna Aloys Henga (1901). After him are Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944), Filbert Bayi (1953), Elizabeth Mrema (1957), Ali Mohamed Shein (1948), Vicky Ntetema (1959), and Christine Prinsloo (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Edward Lowassa ranks 17. Before him are Tippu Tip (1837), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Amani Abeid Karume (1948), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), and Rashidi Kawawa (1926). After him are Ali Mohamed Shein (1948), and Anna Tibaijuka (1950).

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