Edward Moringe Sokoine
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| In office February 13, 1977 – November 7, 1980 |
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| President | Julius Nyerere |
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| Preceded by | Rashidi Kawawa |
| Succeeded by | Cleopa David Msuya |
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| Born | 1938 Arusha, Tanzania |
| Political party | Chama cha Mapinduzi |
Edward Moringe Sokoine (1938 - 1984) was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 13 February 1977 to 7 November 1980 and again from 24 February 1983 to 12 April 1984.
Edward Moringe Sokoine had a developmental conception of the village. Sokoine saw the village as a harbinger of self-reliant, national development and the peasant (a rich peasant?) as an agency of change. He was a person of unimpeachable personal integrity, which endeared him to the masses and strengthened him against pressures from local reactionary and foreign imperialist forces.
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1938 Born in Monduli, Tanzania
1948-1958 Primary and Secondary Education, Monduli and Umbwe
1961 Joined Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)
1962-1963 Took studies in Administration, Federal Republic of Germany
1963 District Executive Officer, Masai District
1965 Elected to the National Assembly - Member of Parliament for Masai Constituency
1967 Deputy Minister of Communication, Transportation and Labour
1970 Minister of State, Vice President’s Office
1972 Minister of Defence and National Service
1975 Elected to the National Assembly - Member of Parliament for Monduli
1977 Member of the Central Committee of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
1977 - 1981 Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania
1983-1984 Prime Minister for the second time
1984 April Died in a car accident
There is a university in Morogoro, Tanzania, named after him. Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) began in 1964 as an agricultural college offering diploma in agriculture. It was elevated to a faculty of agriculture in 1969 under the University of Dar es Salaam.
| Preceded by Rashidi Kawawa |
Prime Minister of Tanzania 1977-1980 |
Succeeded by Cleopa David Msuya |
| Preceded by Cleopa David Msuya |
Prime Minister of Tanzania 1983-1984 |
Succeeded by Salim Ahmed Salim |
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