First inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete
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The first inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete as the 4th president of Tanzania took place on Wednesday, 21 December 2005. It marked the commencement of the first five-year term of Jakaya Kikwete as President and Ali Mohamed Shein as Vice President.[1]
Jakaya Kikwete | |
| Date | 21 December 2005 |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Participants | President Jakaya Kikwete Ali Mohamed Shein |
Kikwete won the 2005 presidential election by a landslide receiving 80.28 percent of the popular vote.[2][3]
Attendance
Dignitaries
| Heads of state and government | ||
 Botswana | President | Festus Mogae |
 Burundi | President | Pierre Nkurunziza |
 Comoros | President | Azali Assoumani |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | President | Joseph Kabila |
 Ethiopia | Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi |
 Kenya | President | Mwai Kibaki |
 Lesotho | King | Letsie III |
 Malawi | President | Bingu wa Mutharika |
 Mozambique | President | Armando Guebuza |
 Rwanda | President | Paul Kagame |
 South Africa | President | Thabo Mbeki |
 Sudan | President | Omar al-Bashir |
 Uganda | President | Yoweri Museveni |
 Zambia | President | Levy Mwanawasa |
 Zimbabwe | President | Robert Mugabe |
| Government leaders | ||
 Angola | Foreign Minister | João Bernardo de Miranda[4] |
| South Africa | Foreign Minister | Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma[5] |
 United States | Assistant Secretary of State | Jendayi Frazer |
| Former leaders | ||
| Kenya | President | Daniel arap Moi |
 Tanzania | President | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |