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John Pombe Joseph Magufuli [2] (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) [3] was 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.
Following the restoration of multi-party politics in 1992, it has retained its popularity and the voters' confidence, winning all of the past five general elections (held in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015). [8] The previous election was won by John Magufuli, who ran for re-election for his second term. [9]
On 11 July, the National Executive Committee selected the three finalists: John Magufuli, Amina Salum Ali and Asha-Rose Migiro. [32] On 12 July, Works Minister John Magufuli was declared as the party's candidate; [33] he was considered most likely to win the election.
The Magufuli Cabinet was formed by President of Tanzania John Magufuli after taking the oath of office on 5 November 2015. Magufuli won the 2015 general election with 58% of the vote in a tightly contested race against ex-CCM Chadema rival Edward Lowassa. After being sworn in on 5 November 2015, Magufuli announced his cabinet almost a month ...
John Magufuli The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential primaries, 2015 took place in July 2015 to determine CCM 's nominee for the Presidency of Tanzania for the 2015 election . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Chama Cha Mapinduzi ( Party of the Revolution ) is the country's dominant ruling party , [ 4 ] and the longest reigning ruling party in Africa .
He briefly returned in 2020 but lost to Magufuli in that year's president election. Lissu then spent years in exile until he returned in 2023, after President Samia Suluhu Hassan had taken over ...
Janeth Magufuli (born 1960) is a Tanzanian educator and former First Lady of Tanzania. She was married to Tanzanian President John Magufuli and served as the country's First Lady from the November 2015 election until her husband's death in March 2021. [2] Magufuli originally worked as a primary school teacher for more than twenty years. [3]
Incumbent president Dr John Magufuli and party chairman ran unopposed to get the party ticket for re-election. [3] Former foreign minister of Tanzania Bernard Membe intended to collect party nomination forms to contest against the incumbent president, however, the CCM central committee expelled Membe from the party. [4]