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Former Tanzania president Benjamin Mkapa(late) photo/file |
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Tanzania
Tanzania's
former President Benjamin Mkapa has died aged 81, President John Magufuli has
announced.
Magufuli
in the early hours of today revealed that Mkapa passed away at the Dar es
Salaam Hospital.
Mzee
Benjamin William Mkapa the third President of Tanzania has died at a Dar es
Salaam hospital where he was admitted.
He
was born on November 12, 1938, Mkapa became the third president of Tanzania
from 1995 to 2005 after succeeding Ali Hassan Mwinyi. He handed over to Jakaya
Kikwete.
He
also served as the chairman of Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), the dominant ruling
party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in Africa.
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