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Lucy Lameck
Lucy Lameck (1934–21 March 1993) was a Tanzanian politician, who was the first woman to hold a Ministerial post in the government. Born to a farming family, she trained as a nurse before becoming involved in politics and attending Ruskin College, Oxford, through a scholarship. She first entered the Tanganyika National Assembly in 1960, before being elected to the Tanzania National Assembly in 1965. With the exception of 1975 to 1980, she continued to hold a seat there until her death in 1993. She is seen as a role model, having worked throughout her life to improve conditions within the country for women. Early life left, Lucy Lameck and Victoria Kopney modelling proposed National dress Lucy Selina Lameck Somi, later known as Lucy Lameck, was born in 1934 near to the Kilimanjaro ward in the British territory of Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania). She came from a family of farmers, who were politically active and once hosted political activist Julius Nyerere. She attended Kilema Ca ... [...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] |
Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on , by twenty-two women at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Membership is open to any woman who meets the requirements, regardless of religion, race, or nationality. Women may apply to join through undergraduate chapters at a college or university or through an alumnae chapter after earning a college degree. The sorority is one of the largest sororities founded in the U.S. and has more than 350,000 initiated members who are college-educated women. The sorority currently has over 1,000 chapters located in the Bahamas, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bermuda, Canada, England, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, West Africa and South Africa, South Korea, and the United States. Delta Sigma Theta is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Malecela
John Samuel Malecela (born 19 April 1934 in Bugiri Dodoma) was Prime Minister of Tanzania from November 1990 to December 1994. He served as the vice-chairman of the CCM from 1995 to 2007, and a member of the CCM Central Committee to date. Prime Minister Malecela headed the Tanzanian delegation which participated in the first Tokyo International Conference on African Development in October 1993. Education * Secondary Education - Minaki secondary school 1957–1958 * Bachelor of Commerce - Bombay University 1958–1959 * Post Graduate Studies - Cambridge University 1961–1962 * Ph.D. Honoris Causa (Humanities) - University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ... 1977 John Malecela is one of the most experienced Tanzanian politicians. However his efforts to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Tanzania
The prime minister of Tanzania is the head in the National Assembly (Tanzania), National Assembly of the United Republic of Tanzania. The position is subordinated to the president, who is the actual head of government. The functions and powers of the prime minister are described in the Constitution of Tanzania: The incumbent prime minister, Kassim Majaliwa was appointed by the president the late John Magufuli. He took the office on 20 November 2015. List See also *Tanzania **Politics of Tanzania **List of governors of Tanganyika **President of Tanzania ***List of heads of state of Tanzania **List of prime ministers of Tanzania **List of sultans of Zanzibar **President of Zanzibar **List of heads of government of Zanzibar *Lists of incumbents References External links * {{Prime Minister Prime Ministers of Tanzania, 1972 establishments in Tanzania __NOTOC__ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmin Amour
Salmin Amour (born 1942) is a Tanzanian politician who served as President of Zanzibar from 25 October 1990 to 8 November 2000. He was elected in 1990 as the sole candidate and received 98 percent of the votes. In Tanzania's first multi-party elections in 1995, Amour was accused of rigging the Zanzibari presidential election by opposition leader Seif Shariff Hamad Seif Sharif Hamad (22 October 1943 – 17 February 2021) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the First Vice President of Zanzibar and as Party Chairman of ACT Wazalendo. He was the secretary-general of the opposition Civic United Front (C .... References 1942 births Living people Presidents of Zanzibar Chama Cha Mapinduzi politicians Tanzanian Muslims {{Zanzibar-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Zanzibar
The President of Zanzibar ( sw, Rais wa Zanzibar) is the head of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, which is a semi-autonomous government within Tanzania. The current president is Hussein Mwinyi. The president is also the chairman of the Revolutionary Council, whose members are appointed by the president, and some of which must be selected from the House of Representatives. The president is elected by a plurality. Presidential terms are for five years, and a candidate may be re-elected only once. Following the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964, Abeid Karume became the first president of Zanzibar, as leader of the Afro-Shirazi Party. List of presidents of Zanzibar President of the People's Republic of Zanzibar Presidents of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar Notes See also *Tanzania **Politics of Tanzania **List of governors of Tanganyika **President of Tanzania ***List of heads of state of Tanzania **Prime Minister of Tanzania *** List of prime ministers of Tanz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidney Disease
Kidney disease, or renal disease, technically referred to as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney. Nephritis is an inflammatory kidney disease and has several types according to the location of the inflammation. Inflammation can be diagnosed by blood tests. Nephrosis is non-inflammatory kidney disease. Nephritis and nephrosis can give rise to nephritic syndrome and nephrotic syndrome respectively. Kidney disease usually causes a loss of kidney function to some degree and can result in kidney failure, the complete loss of kidney function. Kidney failure is known as the end-stage of kidney disease, where dialysis or a kidney transplant is the only treatment option. Chronic kidney disease is defined as prolonged kidney abnormalities (functional and/or structural in nature) that last for more than three months. Acute kidney disease is now termed acute kidney injury and is marked by the sudden reduction in kidney function over seven days. In 2007, about one in eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Tanzanian General Election
General elections were held in Tanzania on 26 October 1980. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Chama Cha Mapinduzi as the sole legal party, following the 1977 merger of the mainland-based Tanganyika African National Union and the Zanzibar-based Afro-Shirazi Party, which had previously operated as the sole legal parties in their areas. For the National Assembly election there were two candidates from the same party in each of the 106 constituencies, whilst the presidential election was effectively a referendum on CCM leader Julius Nyerere's candidacy. Voter turnout was 85.9% of the 6,969,803 registered voters in the presidential election and 84.7% for the National Assembly,Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', pp880-884 although the country's population was around 18 million at the time of the election. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Tanzanian General Election
General elections were held in Tanzania on 26 October 1975. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Tanganyika African National Union as the sole legal party on the mainland, and the Afro-Shirazi Party was the only party in Zanzibar. For the National Assembly election there were two candidates from the same party in each of the constituencies (although 40 were elected unopposed),Tanzania: One party elections 1970-1990 EISA whilst the election was effectively a referendum on TANU leader Julius Nyerere's candidacy. Voter turnout was 81.7% for both elections. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1965 Tanzanian General Election
General elections were held for the first time in the newly formed Union of Tanzania in September 1965. The country had also just become a one-party state, with the Tanganyika African National Union as the sole legal party on the mainland, and the Afro-Shirazi Party was the only party in Zanzibar. For the National Assembly election there were two candidates from the same party in each constituency, whilst the presidential election was effectively a referendum on TANU leader Julius Nyerere's candidacy. Voter turnout was 71.8% in the National Assembly election and 82.7% in the presidential election,Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', pp880-884 although only 32.5% of the country's 9.8 million residents were registered.Tanzania: The 1965 One-Party Elections [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
