Julius Nyerere
Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Butiama
- Educated at
- Makerere UniversityUniversity of Fort HareUniversity of Edinburgh
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the Elephant🏆 Gandhi Peace Prize🏆 Royal Order of the Seraphim🏆 Order of José Martí🏆 Order of Jamaica
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Trending topics shown first"Democracy is not a bottle of Coca-Cola which you can import. Democracy should develop according to that particular country. I never went to a country, saw many parties and assumed that it is democrati…"
"Yes, we have one party here. But so does America. Except, with typical extravagance, they have two of them!"
"Those who receive this privilege therefore, have a duty to repay the sacrifice which others have made. They are like the man who has been given all the food available in a starving village in order th…"
"Freedom to many means immediate betterment, as if by magic … Unless I can meet at least some of these aspirations, my support will wane and my head will roll just as surely as the tickbird follows the…"
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1922
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