First inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete

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2005 Presidential Inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete
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Jakaya Kikwete
Date21 December 2005 (2005-12-21)
LocationUhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam
ParticipantsPresident Jakaya Kikwete
Ali Mohamed Shein

The first inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete as the 4th President of Tanzania took place on Wednesday, 21 December 2005. It marked the commencement of the first five-year term of Jakaya Kikwete as President and Ali Mohamed Shein as Vice President.[1]

Kikwete won the 2005 presidential election by a landslide receiving 80.28 percent of the popular vote.[2][3]

Attendance[]

Dignitaries[]

Heads of state and government
 Botswana President Festus Mogae
 Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza
 Comoros President Azali Assoumani
 Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila
 Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
 Kenya President Mwai Kibaki
 Lesotho King Letsie III
 Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika
 Mozambique President Armando Guebuza
 Rwanda President Paul Kagame
 South Africa President Thabo Mbeki
 Sudan President Omar al-Bashir
 Uganda President Yoweri Museveni
 Zambia President Levy Mwanawasa
 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe
Government leaders
 Angola Foreign Minister João Bernardo de Miranda[4]
 South Africa Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma[5]
 United States Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer
Former leaders
 Kenya President Daniel arap Moi
 Tanzania President Ali Hassan Mwinyi

References[]

  1. ^ Shao, Pascal (20 December 2005). "13 presidents for swearing-in". . Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Landslide win for Tanzania's CCM". BBC News. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Tanzania's new president sworn in". BBC News. 21 December 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Angolan minister to attend Kikwete's presidential inauguration". panapress.com. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. ^ "President Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by Minister Dlamini Zuma to attend inauguration of Tanzanian President-Elect Jakaya Kikwete". 20 December 2005. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.

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