About Julius Nyerere
Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, revolutionary 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. He was a founding member and chair of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party and of its successor, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, from 1954 to 1990. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he promoted a political philosophy known as Ujamaa.
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Awards & Honors
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Order of Amilcar Cabral
Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Honorary doctor of the University of Ottawa
Order of Eduardo Mondlane, 1st class
Order of the Aztec Eagle
Lenin Peace Prize
Nansen Refugee Award
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Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
Order of the Yugoslav Star
Order of the Elephant
Gandhi Peace Prize
Royal Order of the Seraphim
Order of José Martí
Order of Jamaica
International Simón Bolívar Prize
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
Amílcar Cabral Medal
Order of Agostinho Neto
Order of the Welwitschia
Order of Katonga
Order of the Pearl of Africa
