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2020 in Tanzania
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Incumbents
Events
January
- January 31 – U.S. President Donald Trump restricts certain types of visa for Tanzanian citizens.[1]
February
- February 2 – At least 40 people are killed in a stampede at a church in Moshi, Tanzania.[2]
May
- May 3 – COVID-19 pandemic: Tanzanian President John Magufuli questions coronavirus tests after samples from a goat, a pawpaw, and a sheep tested positive. Tanzania reports 480 cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths.[3]
October
- October 28 – 2020 Tanzanian general election: Incumbent John Magufuli is re-elected.
November
- November 13 – President Magufuli re-appoints Philip Mpango as finance minister.[4]
December
- December 6 – The Alliance for Change and Transparency-Wazalendo party of Zanzibar announces it will join a national unity government with Chama Cha Mapinduzi party.[5]
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Deaths
February
- 13 February – Iddi Simba, former Minister of Industry and Trade.[6]
April
- 12 April – Josephat Torner, albino activist (b. 1977 or 1978).[7]
- 20 April – Gertrude Rwakatare, pastor, politician and MP (b. 1950).[8]
- 25 April – Abdulkarim Shah, former politician and MP (b. 1961).[9]
- 28 April – Augustino Ramadhani, politician and former Chief Justice of Tanzania (b. 1945).[10]
- 29 April – Richard Ndassa, politician and MP (b. 1959).[9]
May
- 1 May – Augustine Mahiga, diplomat and politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative to the UN (b. 1945).[11]
July
- 24 July – Benjamin Mkapa, politician and the third President of Tanzania (b. 1938).[12][13]
September
- September 10 – Mark Bomani, 88, jurist, Attorney General (1965–1976).[14]
- 14 September – Salim Turky, 57, businessman and MP.[15]
November
- 5 November – Cyril Chami, 56, former MP and Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing.[16]
December
- December 21 – Anthony Banzi, 74, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tanga (since 1994).[17]
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References
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