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Jakaya Kikwete

1951 - Today

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Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015. Prior to his election as president, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa. He also served as the chairperson of the African Union from 2008–2009 and the chairman of the Southern African Development Community Troika on Peace, Defence and Security from 2012–2013. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jakaya Kikwete has received more than 517,024 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Jakaya Kikwete is the 8,853rd most popular politician (down from 8,751st in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 7th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jakaya Kikwete ranks 8,853 out of 15,710. Before him are Luigi Luzzatti, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, René Mayer, Sinan Hasani, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. After him are Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Marco I Sanudo, Amir Peretz, Xiang of Xia, Nicholas Orsini, and Igor Matovič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Jakaya Kikwete ranks 123. Before him are Markku Alén, Jeanette, Jan Fischer, Abel Ferrara, Salih Muslim, and Duncan Haldane. After him are K. K. Downing, Jack Unterweger, Shigemi Ishii, Migueli, Jean-Jacques Goldman, and Christopher Cross.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete ranks 8 out of 23. Before him are Julius Nyerere (1922), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Tippu Tip (1837), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), John Magufuli (1959), and Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874). After him are Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Laurean Rugambwa (1912), Polycarp Pengo (1944), and Marin Hinkle (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete ranks 7. Before him are Julius Nyerere (1922), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Tippu Tip (1837), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), John Magufuli (1959), and Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874). After him are Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Asha-Rose Migiro (1956), Anna Tibaijuka (1950), and Edward Lowassa (1953).

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