Julius Nyerere

Birthday: April 13th, 1922 Date of Death: October 14th, 1999 Place of Birth: Butiama, Tanganyika

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.