Inauguration of John Magufuli

Inauguration of John Magufuli

Date	5 November 2015
Location	Uhuru Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Participants	President-elect John Magufuli Samia Suluhu

The inauguration of John Magufuli as the 5th President of Tanzania took place on Thursday, 5 November 2015. It marked the commencement of the first five-year term of John Magufuli as President and Samia Suluhu as Vice President.

Magufuli won the 2015 presidential election, receiving 58% of the vote. Outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete declared the day as a public holiday.

Attendance

Dignitaries

Country	Title	Dignitary
Botswana	Vice President	Ponatshego Kedikilwe[1]
DR Congo	President	Joseph Kabila
Ethiopia	Prime Minister	Hailemariam Desalegn[2]
Kenya	President	Uhuru Kenyatta[2]
Malawi	Vice President	Saulos Chilima[3]
Mozambique	President	Filipe Nyusi[2]
Rwanda	President	Paul Kagame[2]
South Africa	President	Jacob Zuma[4]
Uganda	President	Yoweri Museveni[2]
Zambia	President	Edgar Lungu[5]
Zimbabwe	President	Robert Mugabe[6]

Government representatives

Country	Title	Dignitary
Burundi	Speaker of Parliament	Pascal Nyabenda[1]
China	Special Envoy	Zhang Ping[7]
Namibia	Foreign Minister / Deputy Prime Minister	Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
South Africa	Foreign Minister	Maite Nkoana-Mashabane[4]
Swaziland	Deputy Prime Minister	Paul Dlamini[1]
Zambia	Foreign Minister	Harry Kalaba[5]

Former leaders

Country	Title	Dignitary
Comoros	former President	Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi[1]
Kenya	former Prime Minister	Raila Odinga[8]
Tanzania	former President	Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Tanzania	former President	Benjamin Mkapa
Tanzania	former President	Jakaya Kikwete
Tanzania	former Vice President	Mohamed Gharib Bilal
Tanzania	former Prime Minister	Mizengo Pinda

International organizations

Organisation	Title	Dignitary
East African Community	Secretary General	Richard Sezibera[1]
International Conference on the Great Lakes Region	Executive Secretary	Ntumba Luaba[1]
Southern African Development Community	Executive Secretary	Stergomena Tax[1]
Commonwealth of Nations	Deputy Secretary General	Deodat Maharaj[1]

References

1. MWAKYUSA, ALVAR. "Pomp, fanfare as Magufuli takes oath of office". www.dailynews.co.tz. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
2. "Tanzania's Magufuli sworn in as president". AFP. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
3. Makina, Aubrey (3 November 2015). "Mutharika shuns Tanzania new President inauguration". Malawi24. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
4. "President Jacob Zuma attends inauguration of Tanzanian President-elect". Government of South Africa. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
5. "President Lungu to attend Tanzania President elect's inauguration tomorrow". Lusaka Times. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
6. "President leaves for Tanzania". The Herald. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
7. "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on November 4, 2015". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
8. Raila Odinga [RailaOdinga] (4 November 2015). "In Tanzania for the inauguration.." (Tweet). Retrieved 4 November 2015 – via Twitter.

External links

• President Zuma attends Magufuli's Inauguration on Flickr