First inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete

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2005 presidential inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete
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Jakaya Kikwete
Date21 December 2005 (2005-12-21)
Location Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Participants President Jakaya Kikwete
Ali Mohamed Shein

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]

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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
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana President Festus Mogae
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros President Azali Assoumani
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya President Mwai Kibaki
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho King Letsie III
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique President Armando Guebuza
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda President Paul Kagame
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa President Thabo Mbeki
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan President Omar al-Bashir
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda President Yoweri Museveni
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia President Levy Mwanawasa
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe
Government leaders
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Foreign Minister João Bernardo de Miranda [4]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma [5]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer
Former leaders
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya President Daniel arap Moi
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania President Ali Hassan Mwinyi

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