DeathMarch 172021

John Magufuli

John Magufuli, the fifth President of Tanzania (born 1959)

5th anniversary in 2026

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When
Wednesday, March 17 20215 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
Anniversary
5th in 2026
Recorded from
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Person
John Magufuli

At a glance

Born 1959-10-29; died 2021-03-17.

Known as: politician, chemist, and minister. Citizenship: Tanzania.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was a Tanzanian politician who served as the country's fifth president, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021. He served as Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2005 and 2010 to 2015 and was chairman of the Southern African Development Community from 2019 to 2020.

Early life

Educated at: University of Dar es Salaam.

Education John Magufuli was born in 1959 in northwestern Tanzania (then Tanganyika ), on the shores of Lake Victoria, into a poor family. He lived in a small thatched house, looking after the cattle and selling milk and fish to support his family. [ 1 ] Magufuli started his education at the Chato Primary School from 1967 to 1974 and went on to the Katoke Seminary in Biharamulo for his secondary education from 1975 to 1977 before relocating to Lake Secondary School in 1977 and graduating in 1978.

Early life and political career Magufuli ventured into elective politics after a short period as a teacher at The Sengerema Secondary School between 1982 and 1983. He taught chemistry and mathematics. Later on, he quit his teaching job and was employed by The Nyanza Cooperative Union Limited as an industrial chemist. He remained there from 1989 to 1995, [ 1 ] when he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) representing Chato district. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Works in his first term as MP.

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John Magufuli appears on our March 17 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.

March 17 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1988Eritrean War of Independence
  2. 1988Colombia
  3. 19921992 South African apartheid referendum
  4. 19921992 Buenos Aires Israeli embassy bombing
  5. 2000Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God
  6. 2000Uganda
  7. 2003Leader of the House of Commons
  8. 20042004 unrest in Kosovo
  9. 2011Libyan civil war (2011)
  10. 2016Rojava Revolution
  11. 2021John Magufuli

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