Julius Nyerere Biography

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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

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Tanzanian statesman and president Julius Kambarage was premier when Tanganyika was granted internal self-government, and was made president on independence.

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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.

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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.