Julius Nyerere

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

April 13, 1922

Age at death

77

Died

October 14, 1999

From

Butiama, Tanganyika

Julius Kambarage Nyerere 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.