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1970 Tanzanian General Election
General elections were held in Tanzania on 30 October 1970. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Tanganyika African National Union as the sole legal party on the Tanzania Mainland, mainland, and the Afro-Shirazi Party was the only party in Zanzibar. For the National Assembly of Tanzania, National Assembly election there were two candidates from the same party in each of the 106 constituencies, whilst the President of Tanzania, presidential election was effectively a referendum on TANU leader Julius Nyerere's candidacy. Voter turnout was 70.1% in the presidential election and 66.6% in the National Assembly election.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', pp880-884 Nyerere took the presidential oath on 5 November 1970.Milutin Tomanović (1971) ''Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1970'', Institute of International Politics and Economics: Belgrade, p. 2528 (in Serbo-Croatian) At the same time he announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Nyerere
Julius Kambarage Nyerere (; 13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) 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. He was a founding member and chair of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party, and of its successor Chama Cha Mapinduzi, from 1954 to 1990. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he promoted a political philosophy known as Ujamaa. Born in Butiama, Mara, then in the British colony of Tanganyika, Nyerere was the son of a Zanaki chief. After completing his schooling, he studied at Makerere College in Uganda and then Edinburgh University in Scotland. In 1952 he returned to Tanganyika, married, and worked as a school teacher. In 1954, he helped form TANU, through which he campaigned for Tanganyikan independence from the British Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
