LEO KATIKA KUMBUKUMBU YA BABA WA TAIFA

LEO KATIKA KUMBUKUMBU YA BABA WA TAIFA

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NAME: Julius Nyerere

OCCUPATION: World Leader

BIRTH DATE: c. April 13, 1922

DEATH DATE: c. October 14, 1999

EDUCATION: Makerere University,  University of Edinburgh

PLACE OF BIRTH: Butiama, Tanzania

PLACE OF DEATH: London, England

Full Name: Julius Kambarage Nyerere

Nickname: Mwalimu

Julius Kambarage was born in Butiama, Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika). He reorganized the nationalists into the Tanganyika African National Union (1954), of which he became president, and in 1960 became chief minister. He was premier when Tanganyika was granted internal self-government, and was made president on independence. In 1964 he negotiated the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar as Tanzania.

Tanzanian statesman and president (1962–85), born in Butiama, N Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika). He became a teacher at Makerere, then studied at Edinburgh. 

He reorganized the nationalists into the Tanganyika African National Union (1954), of which he became president, and in 1960 became chief minister. He was premier when Tanganyika was granted internal self-government (1961), and was made president on independence (1962). 

In 1964 he negotiated the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar as Tanzania. He led his country on a path of Socialism and self-reliance, and he retired in 1985.