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. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
