Julius Nyerere

Acting - Born Apr 13, 1922 in Butiama, Tanganyika - Died Oct 14, 1999

Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician 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.