Rashidi Kawawa
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Rashidi Kawawa 🇹🇿

Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa (Known as "Simba wa Vita")
Prime Minister of Tanzania, Vice-President, Trade Unionist, Modernizer
Born 1926-02-15 🇹🇿 Matepwende, Tanzania
Passed Away 2004-12-31 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Lifespan 78 years old
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"Let the people work together as families in their villages; unity in labour is our invincible power."

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Legendary trade union pioneer and statesman known as 'Simba wa Vita' (The Lion of War) who served as Prime Minister and Vice-President, driving the implementation of Ujamaa villagization.

Biographical Record

Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa was born on February 15, 1926, in Matepwende, Ruvuma Region. After working as a social development officer and acting in educational films, he became President of the Tanganyika Federation of Labour (TFL) in 1955, mobilizing the trade unions into an alliance with TANU.

In January 1962, when Julius Nyerere stepped down temporarily to reorganize TANU among the masses, Kawawa was entrusted as Prime Minister of Tanganyika. Nicknamed Simba wa Vita for his energetic executive drive, he served as Second Vice-President and Prime Minister of Tanzania (1972–1977), leading the monumental nationwide villagization program and administrative decentralization.

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Kisutu Cemetery
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
GPS: -6.8167, 39.2833
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