First inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete
 Jakaya Kikwete | |
| Date | 21 December 2005 |
|---|---|
| Location | Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam |
| Participants |
President Jakaya Kikwete Ali Mohamed Shein |
The first inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete as the 4th President of Tanzania took place on Wednesday, 21 December 2005. It marked the commencement of the first five-year term of Jakaya Kikwete as President and Ali Mohamed Shein as Vice President.[1]
Kikwete won the 2005 presidential election by a landslide receiving 80.28 percent of the popular vote.[2][3]
Attendance
Dignitaries
| Heads of state and government | ||
 Botswana | President | Festus Mogae |
 Burundi | President | Pierre Nkurunziza |
 Comoros | President | Azali Assoumani |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | President | Joseph Kabila |
 Ethiopia | Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi |
 Kenya | President | Mwai Kibaki |
 Lesotho | King | Letsie III |
 Malawi | President | Bingu wa Mutharika |
 Mozambique | President | Armando Guebuza |
 Rwanda | President | Paul Kagame |
 South Africa | President | Thabo Mbeki |
 Sudan | President | Omar al-Bashir |
 Uganda | President | Yoweri Museveni |
 Zambia | President | Levy Mwanawasa |
 Zimbabwe | President | Robert Mugabe |
| Government leaders | ||
 Angola | Foreign Minister | João Bernardo de Miranda[4] |
| South Africa | Foreign Minister | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma[5] |
 United States | Assistant Secretary of State | Jendayi Frazer |
| Former leaders | ||
| Kenya | President | Daniel arap Moi |
 Tanzania | President | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |
References
- ↑ Shao, Pascal (20 December 2005). "13 presidents for swearing-in". IPP Media. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "Landslide win for Tanzania's CCM". BBC News. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "Tanzania's new president sworn in". BBC News. 21 December 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "Angolan minister to attend Kikwete's presidential inauguration". panapress.com. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "President Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by Minister Dlamini Zuma to attend inauguration of Tanzanian President-Elect Jakaya Kikwete". 20 December 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
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