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Tanzania: offices and people
Tanzania: offices and peopleExplore recorded offices, the people who held them and their institutional connections.
Coverage is partial. “Reported current” reflects source records and may be out of date. Connections show cited institutional relationships; they do not establish a reporting hierarchy.
53 of 53 offices match
Head of state and government
President of Tanzania
About this grouping
Grouped from a recorded national leadership term.
Recorded relationships
Dates unknown · Current status unverified
Wikidata relationship source (opens in a new tab)Source details
0 cited references in the stored statement.
Metadata retrieved 17 Oct 2026.
Dates unknown · Current status unverified
Wikidata relationship source (opens in a new tab)Source details
0 cited references in the stored statement.
Metadata retrieved 17 Oct 2026.
People and tenure
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Samia Suluhu Hassan
Reported current19 Mar 2021 – End unknown
President of Tanzania since 2021
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Source marks this term current; not independently verified
- Start: 19 Mar 2021
Portrait: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) · Kremlin.ru
John Magufuli
Historical5 Nov 2015 – 17 Mar 2021
5th President of Tanzania from 2015 to 2021
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 5 Nov 2015
- End: 17 Mar 2021
Portrait: CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Issa Michuzi / issamichuzi.blogspot.co.uk
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
Historical21 Dec 2005 – 5 Nov 2015
President of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 21 Dec 2005
- End: 5 Nov 2015
Portrait: CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Matthew Jordaan / Mediapix
Benjamin Mkapa
Historical23 Nov 1995 – 21 Dec 2005
Tanzanian politician and former president (1938-2020)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 23 Nov 1995
- End: 21 Dec 2005
Portrait: CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Zahur Ramji / Mediapix
Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Historical5 Nov 1985 – 23 Nov 1995
Tanzanian statesman (1925–2024)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 5 Nov 1985
- End: 23 Nov 1995
Portrait: CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) · Apollo Temu
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Julius Nyerere
Historical29 Oct 1964 – 5 Nov 1985
Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)
Term source (opens in a new tab)Status and date evidence
Recorded source date range establishes historical service; exact term end may be unknown
- Start: 29 Oct 1964
- End: 5 Nov 1985
Portrait: CC0 (opens in a new tab) · Rob Mieremet / Anefo
Sources and coverage
Office and term sources are linked in each record. Portraits link to their Wikimedia Commons file pages with the available licence and attribution.
Coverage notes (3)
- Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster.
- Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain.
- Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.