page_title: List of national founders
section_title: Tanzania
hierarchical_section_title: List of national founders / Africa / Tanzania
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Staatsbezoek van president Julius Nyerere van Tanzania aan Nederland. Koningin Juliana, president Nyerere en prins Bernhard op paleis Soestdijk 21 april 1965
context_page_description: The following list of national founding figures is a record, by country, of people who were credited with establishing their nation. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance, of the country. They can also be military leaders of a war of independence that led to the existence of the country.
context_section_description: Julius Nyerere was a key figure in the independence of the country, and served as the first President.
  On the part of Zanzibar the other side of the union there is Sheikh Abeid Aman Karume.
caption: Julius Nyerere
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