List of awards and honours received by Julius Nyerere

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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."

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

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