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Julius Nyerere

1922 - 1999

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Julius Kambarage Nyerere (Swahili pronunciation: [ˈdʒulius kɑᵐbɑˈɾɑɠɛ ɲɛˈɾɛɾɛ]; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania, as president from 1964 to 1985. He was a founding member and chair of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party, and of its successor, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, from 1954 to 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julius Nyerere has received more than 2,198,766 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Julius Nyerere is the 2,560th most popular politician (up from 3,042nd in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Tanzanian Politician.

Julius Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician who was president of Tanzania from 1961 to 1985. He is most famous for his "African socialism" and his goal of Ujamaa, which is Swahili for "familyhood."

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Julius Nyerere ranks 2,560 out of 19,576. Before him are Fusu, Mursili I, Maria Mandl, Bachir Gemayel, Emperor Nakamikado, and Thomas Palaiologos. After him are Christopher II of Denmark, Louis Desaix, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Julius Nyerere ranks 44. Before him are Ahmed Sékou Touré, Nikolay Basov, Doris Day, Jacques Piccard, Agostinho Neto, and Nils Liedholm. After him are Arthur Ashkin, Jason Robards, Cornelius Castoriadis, Ademir de Menezes, Leon M. Lederman, and Michel Galabru. Among people deceased in 1999, Julius Nyerere ranks 22. Before him are Willi Stoph, Robert Bresson, Raisa Gorbacheva, Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Jerzy Grotowski, and Joe DiMaggio. After him are Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Akio Morita, Glenn T. Seaborg, Trygve Haavelmo, Henry Way Kendall, and Iris Murdoch.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Julius Nyerere ranks 3 out of 39. Before him are Freddie Mercury (1946), and Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948). After him are Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Laurean Rugambwa (1912), Tippu Tip (1837), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), and Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Julius Nyerere ranks 1. After him are Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Tippu Tip (1837), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Edward Lowassa (1953), and John Magufuli (1959).

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