Benjamin Mkapa
Tanzanian politician and former president (1938-2020) · Tanzania · On the map · Politicians · Died at 81
Benjamin William Mkapa was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party.
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2020Died24 July 20202011Order of Mwalimu Julius Kambarage NyerereAward2005Order of the Golden Heart of KenyaAward1995Named President of TanzaniaOffice23 November 1995 to 21 December 20051992Named Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Vocational TrainingOffice1 January 1992 to 1 January 19951990Named Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and SportsOffice1 January 1990 to 1 January 19921984Named Minister of Foreign AffairsOffice1 January 1984 to 1 January 19901977Named Minister of Foreign AffairsOffice1 January 1977 to 1 January 19801938Born12 November 1938
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Tanzania
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Lived 1938 to 2020 · aged 81