Question: who was the first president of tanzania?
Answer: Julius Nyerere, in full Julius Kambarage Nyerere, also called Mwalimu (Swahili: “Teacher”), (born March 1922, Butiama, Tanganyika [now in Tanzania]—died October 14, 1999, London, England), first prime minister of independent Tanganyika (1961), who later became the first president of the new state of Tanzania (1964).