Ali Hassan Mwinyi

Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Ali Hassan Mwinyi
2nd President of Tanzania
	In office ; 5 November 1985 ? 23 November 1995
Prime Minister	Joseph Warioba (1985?90) ; John Malecela (1990?94) ; Cleopa Msuya (1994?95)
Preceded by	Julius Nyerere
Succeeded by	Benjamin Mkapa
3rd President of Zanzibar
	In office ; 30 January 1984 ? 24 October 1985
Preceded by	Aboud Jumbe
Succeeded by	Idris Abdul Wakil
Personal details
Born	8 May 1925 ; Kivure, Pwani Region , Tanzania
Died	29 February 2024 (aged 98) ; Dar es Salaam , Tanzania
Nationality	Tanzanian
Political party	CCM
Spouse(s)	Siti Mwinyi
Relations	Hussein Mwinyi (son)
Children	12
Nickname(s)	Mzee Ruksa

Ali Hassan Mwinyi (8 May 1925 – 29 February 2024) was a Tanzanian politician . ^[1] He was the second President of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995. ^[1] Before that he had been Interior Minister and Vice President . ^[1] He also was chairman of the ruling party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 1990 to 1996. ^[1]

Mwinyi was born in Kivure, in the Pwani Region . He died of lung cancer at a hospital in Dar es Salaam , on 29 February 2024, at the age of 98. ^[2]^[3]

References [ change | change source ]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Europa Publications, Europa (2003). The International Who's Who 2004 . Routledge. p. 1193. ISBN 978-1-85743-217-6 .
↑ @azamtvt (February 29, 2024). "Rais wa awamu ya pili, Ali Hassan Mwinyi afariki dunia" (Tweet) – via Twitter .
↑ "Tanzania's former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi dies" . TRT Afrika. 29 February 2024 . Retrieved 29 February 2024 .

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