Inauguration of John Magufuli

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Inauguration of John Magufuli
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Date5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)
Location Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Participants President-elect John Magufuli
Samia Suluhu

The inauguration of John Magufuli as the 5th president of Tanzania took place on Thursday, 5 November 2015. It marked the commencement of the first five-year term of John Magufuli as President and Samia Suluhu as Vice President.

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Magufuli won the 2015 presidential election, receiving 58% of the vote. Outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete declared the day as a public holiday.

Attendance

Dignitaries

CountryTitleDignitary
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana Vice President Ponatshego Kedikilwe [1]
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  DR Congo President Joseph Kabila
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn [2]
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta [2]
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima [3]
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi [2]
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda President Paul Kagame [2]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa President Jacob Zuma [4]
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda President Yoweri Museveni [2]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia President Edgar Lungu [5]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe [6]

Government representatives

CountryTitleDignitary
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Speaker of Parliament Pascal Nyabenda [1]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Special Envoy Zhang Ping [7]
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Foreign Minister / Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane [4]
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland Deputy Prime MinisterPaul Dlamini [1]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba [5]

Former leaders

CountryTitleDignitary
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros former President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi [1]
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya former Prime Minister Raila Odinga [8]
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania former President Benjamin Mkapa
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania former President Jakaya Kikwete
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania former Vice President Mohamed Gharib Bilal
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania former Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda

International organizations

OrganisationTitleDignitary
East African Community Secretary General Richard Sezibera [1]
International Conference on the Great Lakes Region Executive Secretary Ntumba Luaba [1]
Southern African Development Community Executive Secretary Stergomena Tax [1]
Commonwealth of Nations Deputy Secretary GeneralDeodat Maharaj [1]

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