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John Magufuli

1959 - 2021

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John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the fifth president of Tanzania, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021. He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015 and was chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2019 to 2020. First elected as a Member of Parliament in 1995, he served in the Cabinet of Tanzania as Deputy Minister of Works from 1995 to 2000, Minister of Works from 2000 to 2005, Minister of Lands and Human Settlement from 2006 to 2008, Minister of Livestock and Fisheries from 2008 to 2010, and as Minister of Works for a second time from 2010 to 2015. Running as the candidate of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the country's dominant party, Magufuli won the October 2015 presidential election and was sworn in on 5 November 2015; he was re-elected in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Magufuli is the 4,072nd most popular politician (up from 11,946th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Tanzania (up from 15th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Tanzanian Politician.

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Among politicians, John Magufuli ranks 4,072 out of 19,576. Before him are Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, Sveinn Björnsson, Liutprand, King of the Lombards, Dmitry Ustinov, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, and György Dózsa. After him are Emperor Xuan of Han, Bachir Gemayel, Peter II of Bulgaria, Caroline of Brunswick, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, and Florestan I, Prince of Monaco.

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Among people born in 1959, John Magufuli ranks 40. Before him are Maurizio Sarri, Simon Cowell, The Ultimate Warrior, János Áder, Kyle MacLachlan, and John McEnroe. After him are Magic Johnson, Mauricio Macri, Abdullah of Pahang, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Kelly Lynch, and Brian Thompson. Among people deceased in 2021, John Magufuli ranks 64. Before him are Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Sam Jones, Betty White, Jean-Claude Carrière, Jorge Medina, and Abdul Qadeer Khan. After him are Pat Hitchcock, Viktor Bryukhanov, Osamu Yamaji, Phil Spector, Norman Lloyd, and Giampiero Boniperti.

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In Tanzania

Among people born in Tanzania, John Magufuli ranks 5 out of 39. Before him are Freddie Mercury (1946), Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), Abdulrazak Gurnah (1948), and Julius Nyerere (1922). After him are Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), Kassim Majaliwa (1961), Benjamin Mkapa (1938), Laurean Rugambwa (1912), and Cleopa Msuya (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In Tanzania

Among politicians born in Tanzania, John Magufuli ranks 3. Before him are Samia Suluhu Hassan (1960), and Julius Nyerere (1922). After him are Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929), Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925), Jakaya Kikwete (1951), 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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