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Chapter Five

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Our national leaders

Welcome to Chapter Five. In Chapter Four, you learned about
relationships among members of the family. You also learned

about building and maintaining good relationships with friends.
In this chapter, you will learn about our past and present leaders
of Mainland Tanzania. You will know their names and the time
of their leadership. You will also learn about their contribution
to our country’s development.

The national leaders of Tanzania
Tanzania is a union of two countries, Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
Tanganyika got her independence on the 9 of December, 1961.
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Zanzibar got her independence on the10 of December, 1963.
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Tanganyika and Zanzibar united to form Tanzania on the 26
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of April, 1964. Since then, Tanzania has been led by different

leaders in different terms. We will learn about the presidents
and prime ministers of Mainland Tanzania.

These leaders were elected in different times. The President is
the head of the government. The President is elected by citizens

of the country through voting. The Prime Minister is appointed
among members of parliament by the President. Such members
of parliament are elected by citizens through elections. The
Prime Minister is later approved by the Parliament. The main

duty of the Prime Minister is to supervise government activities.

Think

• Have you ever heard about the ‘Father of the
Nation’?

• Who is he?

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