Please answer the following question: Facts: - successor: joseph rwegasira - party: ccm - predecessor: benjamin mkapa - office: 9th minister of foreign affairs - term end: 1992 - term start: 1991 - name: ahmed hassan diria - nationality: tanzanian - birth place: sultanate of zanzibar Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ahmed hassan diria .
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ahmed hassan diria -lrb- july 13 , 1937 - march 13 , 2005 -rrb- was a tanzanian politician and diplomat .he was born in raha leo , zanzibar and was educated in local primary and secondary schools .he started working in government service in 1954 , taking a break from 1958 to 1961 to be educated at the college of philosophy in ghana .following the zanzibar revolution of 1964 , he was appointed the area commissioner for pemba .he remained in this position until 1965 , when he joined the tanzanian foreign service .he remained in it until 1989 , serving as ambassador at various times to zaire , egypt , india and other countries .in 1989 he joined the tanzanian cabinet , serving as minister of information and broadcasting from 1989 to 1994 , and foreign minister from 1990 to 1993 .meanwhile he was elected to parliament from raha leo and served in parliament until his death .he died in a hospital in germany .