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Benjamin Mkapa

1938 - 2020

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Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 1938 – 23 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Mkapa is the 8,376th most popular politician (down from 6,774th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 4th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 8,376 out of 19,576. Before him are Te Atairangikaahu, Joseph Deiss, Abd al-Wahid I, Robert II, Count of Dreux, Ariel Henry, and Michael II Apafi. After him are Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jaan Tõnisson, Fuad Chehab, Arnuwanda III, Yohannes I, and Elisabeth of Austria, Duchess of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 163. Before him are Anne Perry, Jean-Loup Chrétien, Derviş Eroğlu, Paul Martin, Vakhtang Kikabidze, and Jaswant Singh. After him are Jan Assmann, Isabelle Aubret, Hermann Nitsch, Johnny Rebel, Félix Mourinho, and Omar Abdel-Rahman. Among people deceased in 2020, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 160. Before him are James E. Gunn, Sergei Khrushchev, Jaswant Singh, Ivry Gitlis, Mad Mike Hoare, and Albert Memmi. After him are Manolis Glezos, Amadeo Carrizo, Walid Muallem, Shirley Knight, Borys Paton, and Pierre Nkurunziza.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 10 out of 39. Before him are Julius Nyerere (1922), John Magufuli (1959), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), and Kassim Majaliwa (1961). After him are Laurean Rugambwa (1912), Cleopa Msuya (1931), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Tippu Tip (1837), Polycarp Pengo (1944), and Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Benjamin Mkapa ranks 8. Before him are Julius Nyerere (1922), John Magufuli (1959), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), and Kassim Majaliwa (1961). After him are Cleopa Msuya (1931), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Tippu Tip (1837), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), and Amani Abeid Karume (1948).

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