{"id":"jakaya-kikwete","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jakaya-kikwete","language":"en","name":"Jakaya Kikwete","name_en":"Jakaya Kikwete","name_ne":null,"description":"President of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015","headline":"President of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 October 1950","date":"1950-10-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Msoga","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6930177"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Tanzania","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"economist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188094"},{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"minister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83307"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Party of the Revolution","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652091"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Dar es Salaam","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557597"},{"text":"Tanzania Military Academy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16901215"},{"text":"Kibaha Secondary School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6403931"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Salma Kikwete","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7405361"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P26"}},{"key":"website","label":"Official website","values":[{"text":"tanzania.go.tz","url":"https://www.tanzania.go.tz"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P856"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Chairperson of the African Union (31 January 2008 – 2 February 2009)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q946339","start":"2008-01-31","end":"2009-02-02"},{"text":"President of Tanzania (21 December 2005 – 5 November 2015)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7241291","start":"2005-12-21","end":"2015-11-05"},{"text":"Minister of Foreign Affairs (27 November 1995 – 21 December 2005)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16147348","start":"1995-11-27","end":"2005-12-21"},{"text":"Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17599130"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Order of Excellence","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371140","date":"2009-11-25"},{"text":"Civil Order of Oman","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2332080","date":"2012"},{"text":"Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93923"},{"text":"Order of the Pearl of Africa","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16953562","date":"2007"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P166"}},{"key":"x","label":"X (Twitter)","values":[{"text":"jmkikwete","url":"https://x.com/jmkikwete"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P2002"}},{"key":"instagram","label":"Instagram","values":[{"text":"jakayakikwete","url":"https://www.instagram.com/jakayakikwete/"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488#P2003"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakaya_Kikwete","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488","https://www.tanzania.go.tz","https://x.com/jmkikwete","https://www.instagram.com/jakayakikwete/"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Jakaya Kikwete born?","a":"Jakaya Kikwete was born on 7 October 1950 in Msoga."},{"q":"What positions has Jakaya Kikwete held?","a":"Positions held by Jakaya Kikwete include: Chairperson of the African Union (2008–2009); President of Tanzania (2005–2015); Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–2005); Member of the National Assembly of Tanzania."},{"q":"Where did Jakaya Kikwete study?","a":"Jakaya Kikwete was educated at University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Military Academy, Kibaha Secondary School."}],"related":[{"name":"Abdel Fattah el-Sisi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdel-fattah-el-sisi"},{"name":"Paul Kagame","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-kagame"},{"name":"Thomas Boni Yayi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thomas-boni-yayi"},{"name":"John Kufuor","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-kufuor"},{"name":"Macky Sall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/macky-sall"},{"name":"Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/teodoro-obiang-nguema-mbasogo"},{"name":"Julius Nyerere","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/julius-nyerere"},{"name":"Ali Hassan Mwinyi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ali-hassan-mwinyi"},{"name":"Benjamin Mkapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/benjamin-mkapa"},{"name":"John Magufuli","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-magufuli"},{"name":"Samia Suluhu Hassan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/samia-suluhu-hassan"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jakaya-kikwete-48d4999577.jpg","width":500,"height":750,"license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","credit":"Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Matthew Jordaan / Mediapix","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jakaya_Kikwete.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jakaya Kikwete","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakaya_Kikwete","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q57488","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57488","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jakaya Kikwete.jpg by Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Matthew Jordaan / Mediapix (CC BY-SA 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jakaya_Kikwete.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Jakaya Kikwete, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jakaya Kikwete.jpg — Copyright World Economic Forum (www.weforum.org)/Photo by Matthew Jordaan / Mediapix, CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Jakaya Kikwete\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jakaya-kikwete. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T09:05:03Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jakaya-kikwete","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jakaya-kikwete","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jakaya-kikwete?lang=ne"}}