Former Tanzania President Ali Hassan Mwinyi dies at 98
Posted On 2024-03-01
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Tanzania’s former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi has died at the age of 98.
The death of the former head of State was announced by President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Mwinyi, who was the second President of Tanzania, was in office between1985 and 1995.
He succeeded the founding president, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.
Mwinyi died three months shy of his 99thbirthday.
He was hospitalised on February 24for a chest illness.
His son Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, is the current President of Zanzibar, in the Tanzanian archipelago.
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