Jakaya Kikwete

Jakaya Kikwete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Jakaya Kikwete 2011 (cropped).jpg 4th President of Tanzania In office 21 December 2005 – 5 November 2015 Vice President Ali Mohamed Shein (2005–10) Mohamed Bilal (2010–15) Prime Minister Edward Lowassa (2005–08) Mizengo Pinda (2008–15) Preceded by Benjamin William Mkapa Succeeded by John Magufuli 6th Chairperson of the African Union In office 31 January 2008 – 2 February 2009 Preceded by John Kufuor Succeeded by Muammar al-Gaddafi 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 27 November 1995 – 21 December 2005 Preceded by Joseph Rwegasira Succeeded by Asha-Rose Migiro 7th Minister of Finance In office 7 August 1994 – 2 November 1995 Preceded by Kighoma Malima Succeeded by Simon Mbilinyi Member of Parliament for Chalinze In office 26 November 1995 – 20 January 2005 Succeeded by Ramadhani Manenoy Personal details Born 7 October 1950 (age 70) Msoga, Tanganyika Nationality Tanzanian Political party CCM (1977–present) TANU (before 1977) Spouse(s) Salma Kikwete ​(m. 1989)​ Children Eight Residence Msoga, The United Republic Of Tanzania Alma mater University of Dar es Salaam (BS) Profession Economist Twitter handle jmkikwete Military service Allegiance United Rep. of Tanzania Branch/service Tanzanian Army Rank Lieutenant Colonel Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950)[1][2] is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015. Prior to his election as president, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa. He has also served as the chairperson of the African Union in 2008–2009 and the chairman of the Southern African Development Community Troika on Peace, Defence and Security in 2012–2013. Contents 1 Education 2 Leadership and political career 3 Personal 4 Honours and awards 4.1 Honours 4.2 Awards 4.3 Honorary academic awards 5 Legacy 5.1 Eponyms 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Education Between 1959 and 1963, Kikwete went to Karatu Primary School in Tanzania before continuing with middle school education at Tengeru School from 1962 to 1965.[3] After Tengeru, Kikwete moved to Kibaha Secondary School for his O-levels, which took place between 1966 and 1969, and then he studied at Tanga Technical Secondary School for his advanced level education.[3] He graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1975 with a degree in Agrieconomics.[3] Leadership and political career This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Find sources: "Jakaya Kikwete" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Kikwete was born at Msoga, located in the Bagamoyo District of Tanganyika, in 1950. As a party cadre, Kikwete moved from one position to another in the party ranks and from one location to another in the service of the party. When TANU and Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) merged to form Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) in 1977, Kikwete was moved to Zanzibar and assigned the task of setting up the new party's organisation and administration in the islands. In 1980, he was moved to the headquarters as administrator of the Dar es Salaam head office and head of the Defence and Security Department before moving again up-country to the regional and district party offices in Tabora Region (1981–84) and Singida Region and Nachingwea (1986–88) and Masasi District (1988) in the country's southern regions of Lindi and Mtwara respectively. In 1988, he was appointed to join the central government. In 1994, at 44, he became one of the youngest finance ministers in the history of The United Republic of Tanzania. In December 1995, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, being appointed by President Benjamin William Mkapa of the third phase government. He held this post for ten years, until he was elected President of the United Republic of Tanzania in December 2005, hence becoming the country's longest serving foreign minister. During his tenure in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanzania played a significant role in bringing about peace in the Great Lakes region, particularly in The Democratic Republic Of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kikwete was also deeply involved in the process of rebuilding regional integration in East Africa. Specifically, several times, he was involved in a delicate process of establishing a customs union between the three countries of the East African Community (Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania), where, for quite some time, he was a chairman of the East Africa Community's Council of Ministers. Kikwete also participated in the initiation, and became a co-chair, of the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy. On 4 May 2005, Kikwete emerged victorious among 11 CCM members who had sought the party's nomination for presidential candidacy in the general election. After a 14 December 2005 multiparty general election, he was declared the winner by the Electoral Commission on 17 December and was sworn in as the fourth president of the United Republic of Tanzania on 21 December. Kikwete during the WEF 2010 On 26 May 2013, Kikwete said at a meeting of the African Union that if President Joseph Kabila of the DRC could negotiate with the March 23 Movement, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda should be able to negotiate with the Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, respectively. In response, Museveni expressed his willingness to negotiate.[4] On 31 January 2016, The chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr Nkosazana Zuma, appointed Jakaya Kikwete the African Union High Representative in Libya. Following the crisis in Libya, Kikwete's role is to lead the AU's efforts on achieving peace and stability in Libya. Later that year, he was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to serve as member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.[5] Personal Kikwete is an avid sports enthusiast and played basketball competitively in school. He has been a patron of the Tanzania Basketball Federation for the past 10 years.[3] He is married to Salma and they have five children.[3] As of 4 April 2013, Kikwete was the sixth most followed African leader on Twitter with 57,626 followers.[6]