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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Lowassa has received more than 351,316 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Lowassa is the 16,703rd most popular politician (down from 14,925th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 18th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward Lowassa ranks 16,703 out of 15,577Before him are Christine Lieberknecht, Patrick John, Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi, Igor Chudinov, Marianne Thieme, and Mark Gordon. After him are George Osborne, Debbie Stabenow, Karl-Heinz Brunner, Bob Riley, Carl Hayden, and Daniel Günther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Edward Lowassa ranks 563Before him are John Sessions, Sam Kinison, Glen Ballard, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Helmut Roleder, and Alistair Darling. After him are Karl-Heinz Brunner, David Kennedy, Pat Cadigan, Suleiman Nyambui, Moushumi Chatterjee, and Shelley Moore Capito. Among people deceased in 2024, Edward Lowassa ranks 57Before him are Chita Rivera, Christian Oliver, Anatoli Polivoda, Wayne Kramer, John Bruton, and N. Scott Momaday. After him are Luis Tejada, Basdeo Panday, Jean Carnahan, Toru Kawashima, Stephen Laybutt, and Shawnacy Barber.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Edward Lowassa ranks 25 out of 32Before him are Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Filbert Bayi (1953), Rachel Luttrell (1971), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), Amani Abeid Karume (1948), and Hasheem Thabeet (1987). After him are Suleiman Nyambui (1953), Mbwana Samatta (1992), Alan Johnston (1962), Vicky Ntetema (1959), David Adjaye (1966), and Christine Prinsloo (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Edward Lowassa ranks 17Before him are Mizengo Pinda (1948), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Rashidi Kawawa (1926), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), and Amani Abeid Karume (1948).

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