Jakaya Kikwete

Jakaya Kikwete
Kikwete in January 2011
4th President of Tanzania
In office 21 December 2005 – 5 November 2015
Vice President	Ali Mohamed Shein Mohamed Gharib Bilal
Prime Minister	Edward Lowassa Mizengo Pinda
Preceded by	Benjamin Mkapa
Succeeded by	John Magufuli
6th Chairperson of the African Union
In office 31 January 2008 – 2 February 2009
Preceded by	John Kufuor
Succeeded by	Muammar Gaddafi
11th Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 27 November 1995 – 21 December 2005
Preceded by	Joseph Rwegasira
Succeeded by	Asha-Rose Migiro
7th Minister of Finance
In office 7 August 1994 – 2 November 1995
Preceded by	Kighoma Malima
Succeeded by	Simon Mbilinyi
Member of Parliament for Chalinze
In office 26 November 1995 – 20 January 2005
Succeeded by	Ramadhani Maneno
Personal details
Born	Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (1950-10-07) 7 October 1950 (age 73) Msoga, Tanganyika Territory
Nationality	Tanzania
Political party	CCM (1977–present) TANU (before 1977)
Spouse	Salma Kikwete ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	10
Residence(s)	Msoga, Chalinze District, Tanzania
Alma mater	University of Dar es Salaam (BS)
Profession	Economist
Twitter handle	jmkikwete
Military service
Allegiance	United Rep. of Tanzania
Branch/service	Tanzanian Army
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950)^[1][2] is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015.

Prior to his election as president, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa. He also served as the chairperson of the African Union in 2008–2009 and the chairman of the Southern African Development Community Troika on Peace, Defence and Security in 2012–2013.