Between 1959 and 1963 Jakaya Kikwete attended Karatu Primary School and Tengeru School from 1963 to 1965, both in Arusha Region.
12 Facts About Jakaya Kikwete
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Jakaya Kikwete graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1975 with a degree in political science and public relations.
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Jakaya Kikwete was born at Msoga, located in the Bagamoyo District of Tanganyika, in 1950.
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When TANU and Zanzibar's Afro-Shirazi Party merged to form Chama Cha Mapinduzi in 1977, Jakaya Kikwete was moved to Zanzibar and assigned the task of setting up the new party's organisation and administration in the islands.
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Jakaya Kikwete held this post for ten years, until he was elected President of the United Republic of Tanzania in December 2005, hence becoming the country's longest serving foreign minister.
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Jakaya Kikwete was deeply involved in the process of rebuilding regional integration in East Africa.
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Jakaya Kikwete participated in the initiation, and became a co-chair, of the Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy.
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On 4 May 2005, Jakaya Kikwete emerged victorious among 11 CCM members who had sought the party's nomination for presidential candidacy in the general election.
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On 26 May 2013, Jakaya Kikwete said at a meeting of the African Union that if President Joseph Kabila of the DRC could negotiate with the March 23 Movement, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda should be able to negotiate with the Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, respectively.
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Jakaya Kikwete is an avid sports enthusiast and played basketball competitively in school.
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Jakaya Kikwete has been a patron of the Tanzania Basketball Federation for the past 10 years.
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Jakaya Kikwete is married to Salma and they have five children.