Ali Hassan Mwinyi ‘Mzee Rukhsa’ was born on May 8, 1925, in the Coast Region. Like his predecessor, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, Mwinyi was also a teacher before deciding to enter politics.Mwinyi ...

Mwinyi was 60 years old when he took over the president in 1985 as the designated successor of Nyerere, who had volunteered to step down after ruling his country since Tanganyika's independence in ...

President Yoweri Museveni has paid glowing tribute to Ali Hassan Mwinyi, former president of Tanzania who died on Thursday. Aged 98, ;he succumbed to lung cancer at Mzena Hospital in Dar es Salaam.