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Jakaya Kikwete

1951 - Today

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Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015. Prior to his election as president, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa. He also served as the chairperson of the African Union in 2008–2009 and the chairman of the Southern African Development Community Troika on Peace, Defence and Security in 2012–2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakaya Kikwete is the 7,373rd most popular politician (up from 7,398th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Tanzania (down from 5th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Tanzanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jakaya Kikwete ranks 7,373 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Dirk III, Count of Holland, Edward Carson, Titus Flavius Clemens, and Pōmare I. After him are Olusegun Obasanjo, Johann Homann, Valko Chervenkov, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Léon Flameng, and Son Sen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Jakaya Kikwete ranks 125. Before him are Antonis Samaras, Joachim Streich, Lynda Carter, James Newton Howard, Ernesto Zedillo, and Jan Timman. After him are Alexander Sokurov, Philip Davis, Enki Bilal, Samuel Doe, Alexander Bortnikov, and Ramón Calderón.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete ranks 8 out of 39. Before him are Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948), Julius Nyerere (1922), John Magufuli (1959), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), and Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925). After him are Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Laurean Rugambwa (1912), Cleopa Msuya (1931), Mizengo Pinda (1948), and Tippu Tip (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, Jakaya Kikwete ranks 6. Before him are Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), Julius Nyerere (1922), John Magufuli (1959), Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), and Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925). After him are Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Cleopa Msuya (1931), Mizengo Pinda (1948), Tippu Tip (1837), and Khalid bin Barghash of Zanzibar (1874).

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