List of awards and honours received by Julius Nyerere

This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Julius Nyerere.^[1]

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. He was a founding member and chair of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party, and of its successor Chama Cha Mapinduzi, from 1954 to 1990. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was a controversial figure. Across Africa he gained widespread respect as an anti-colonialist and in power received praise for ensuring that, unlike many of its neighbours, Tanzania remained stable and unified in the decades following independence.

He is held in deep respect within Tanzania, where he is often referred to by the Swahili honorific Mwalimu ("teacher") and described as the "Father of the Nation."

Honours

Foreign honours

Year	Date	Country	Order
1970	27 January 1970	Yugoslavia		Order of the Yugoslav Great Star[2]
1974	21 September 1974	Cuba		Order of José Martí.[3]
1975	24 April 1975	Mexico		Order of the Aztec Eagle, Collar[4]
1976		Guinea-Bissau		Medal of Amílcar Cabral
1983		Mozambique		Order of Eduardo Mondlane
1985		Angola		Order of Augstino Neto
1986		SADC		Sir Seretse Khama Medal
1986	7 September 1987	Soviet Union		Lenin Peace Prize[5]
2004	16 June 2004	South Africa		Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo[6]
2005		Zimbabwe		Royal Order of Munhumutapa[7]
2007	10 July 2007	Uganda		Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa (Grand Master)[8]
2007	10 July 2007	Uganda		Order of Katonga[9][8]
2009	6 July 2009	Rwanda		National Liberation Medal[10]
2009	6 July 2009	Rwanda		Campaign Against Genocide Medal[10]
2010		Namibia		Order of the Welwitschia[11]
2012		Burundi		National Order of the Republic (Grand Cordon)[12]
		Jamaica		Order of Jamaica[13]

Domestic honours

Year	Date	Country	Order
2011	9 December 2011	Tanzania		Order of Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere

Scholastic

Honorary academic awards

Year	University	Country	Honour
1960	Duquesne University	United States	Doctor of Laws[14]
1962	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Doctor of Laws[15]
1967	Cairo University	United Arab Republic	Honoris Causa[16][17]
1969	University of Toronto	Canada	Doctor of Laws[18]
	University of Nigeria Nsukka	Nigeria	[19]
1976	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	Doctor of Laws[20][21]
	University of Monrovia	Liberia	[19]
1977	Harvard University	United States	Doctor of Humanities[22]
1977	Howard University	United States	Doctor of Humanities[23]
1985	University of Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	Doctor of Laws[1]
1985	Pyongyang University	North Korea	Doctor of Philosophy[1]
1985	Ikulu (State House)	Tanzania	Degree for Diplomacy[1]
1985	University of Havana	Cuba	Doctor of Philosophy[24]
1986	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Doctor of Laws[25]
1986	University of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	Degree of Literature[1]
1987	National University of Lesotho	Lesotho	Doctor of Laws[26]
1991	University of the Philippines	Philippines	Doctor of Humanities[24]
1993	Makerere University	Uganda	Doctor of Laws[27]
1997	Open University of Tanzania	Tanzania	Doctor of Letters[28]
1997	Claremont Graduate University	United States	Doctor of Laws[29]
1997	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania	Honoris Causa[30]
1998	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	Doctor of Laws[31]
1998	Lincoln University	United States	Doctor of Laws[24]

Awards

• 1973, Jawaharlal Nehru Award, Nehru Award for International Understanding, India.^[32][33]
• 1982, Third World Prize, India^[34]
• 1983, Nansen Refugee Award, UNHCR^[35]
• 1988, Joliot-Curie gold medal, World Peace Council.
• 1992, International Simón Bolívar Prize, UNESCO.^[36]
• 1994, TANAPA / Gold Medal of Outstanding on Wildlife and Environmental Conservation, Tanzania.^[1]
• 1995, Gandhi Peace Prize, India.^[37]
• 1997, Nnamdi Azikiwe Award, Nigeria.^[38]
• 2000, Statesman of the Century, CCM, Tanzania.^[39]