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Benjamin Mkapa
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Tanzanian politician and former president (1938-2020)
Key facts
- Vice president
- Omar Ali Juma , Ali Mohamed Shein
- Prime minister
- Cleopa Msuya , Frederick Sumaye
- Preceded by
- Ali Hassan Mwinyi
- Succeeded by
- Jakaya Kikwete
- President
- Ali Hassan Mwinyi
- Born
- Benjamin William Mkapa , ( 1938-11-12 ) 12 November 1938, Ndanda , Masasi , Tanganyika
- Died
- 23 July 2020 (2020-07-23) (aged 81), Dar es Salaam , Tanzania
- Party
- CCM
- Other political affiliations
- TANU
- Spouse
- Anna Joseph Maro
- Alma mater
- Makerere University (B.A.) , Columbia University (M.A.) Open University of Tanzania
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Tanzania
- Place of birth
- Ndanda
- Place of death
- Dar es Salaam
- Occupation
- minister
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Political party
- Party of the Revolution
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Benjamin Mkapa 2010-05-07.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Benjamin Mkapa
- date of birth
- 1938-11-12
- date of death
- 2020-07-24
- name in native language
- Benjamin Mkapa
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- place of burial
- Masasi District
- P10632
- Benjamin Mkapa
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Encyclopedic overview
Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 1938 – 23 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM).
Early life
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