Julius Nyerere

Acting•Born April 13, 1922•Died October 14, 1999 (age 77)•Butiama, Tanganyika

Biography

Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania, as president from 1964 to 1985.