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Cleopa Msuya

1931 - 2025

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Cleopa David Msuya (4 January 1931 – 7 May 2025) was the Prime Minister of Tanzania from 7 November 1980 to 24 February 1983 and again from 7 December 1994 to 28 November 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cleopa Msuya is the 10,256th most popular politician (up from 17,368th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Tanzania (up from 25th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

Cleopa David Msuya is most famous for serving as Tanzania's Prime Minister twice—first from 1980 to 1983 and again from 1994 to 1995—and as First Vice President from 1990 to 1995. He was the only Tanzanian to have been appointed Prime Minister by two different presidents, Julius Nyerere and Ali Hassan Mwinyi, and was a key figure in the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party until his retirement in 2000.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cleopa Msuya ranks 10,256 out of 19,576. Before him are Bonne of Bourbon, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Marouf al-Bakhit, Emperor Jianwen of Jin, Edgar Lungu, and Ablabius. After him are Mary McAleese, Schuyler Colfax, Dromichaetes, Agustín Gamarra, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, and Mahidol Adulyadej.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Cleopa Msuya ranks 197. Before him are John Houghton, Philip Baker Hall, Dan Gurney, Stelios Kazantzidis, Tosiwo Nakayama, and Cecil Andrus. After him are Michael O. Rabin, Dean Jones, George Maciunas, Ladislav Novák, Françoise Arnoul, and Neil Postman. Among people deceased in 2025, Cleopa Msuya ranks 136. Before him are George Wendt, Lima, Peter Bichsel, Kailash Purryag, Nadia Cassini, and Edgar Lungu. After him are Mimis Domazos, Norair Nurikyan, Jean-Louis Debré, Tom Robbins, Buvaisar Saitiev, and Jayant Narlikar.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Cleopa Msuya ranks 12 out of 39. Before him are Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), and Laurean Rugambwa (1912). After him are Mizengo Pinda (1948), Tippu Tip (1837), Polycarp Pengo (1944), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), and Protase Rugambwa (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Cleopa Msuya ranks 9. Before him are John Magufuli (1959), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), and Benjamin Mkapa (1938). After him are Mizengo Pinda (1948), Tippu Tip (1837), Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874), Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (1834), Amani Abeid Karume (1948), and Asha-Rose Migiro (1956).

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