2020 in Tanzania

Events of 2020 in Tanzania.

• President: John Magufuli
• Vice-President: Samia Suluhu
• Prime Minister: Kassim Majaliwa
• Chief Justice: Ibrahim Hamis Juma

• January 31 – U.S. President Donald Trump restricts certain types of visa for Tanzanian citizens.^[1]

• February 2 – At least 40 people are killed in a stampede at a church in Moshi, Tanzania.^[2]

• May 3 – COVID-19 pandemic: Tanzanian President John Magufuli questions coronavirus tests after samples from a goat, a pawpaw, and a sheep tested positive. Tanzania reports 480 cases of COVID-19 and 17 deaths.^[3]

• October 28 – 2020 Tanzanian general election: Incumbent John Magufuli is re-elected.

• November 13 – President Magufuli re-appoints Philip Mpango as finance minister.^[4]

• December 6 – The Alliance for Change and Transparency-Wazalendo party of Zanzibar announces it will join a national unity government with Chama Cha Mapinduzi party.^[5]

• 13 February – Iddi Simba, former Minister of Industry and Trade.^[6]

• 12 April – Josephat Torner, albino activist (b. 1977 or 1978).^[7]
• 20 April – Gertrude Rwakatare, pastor, politician and MP (b. 1950).^[8]
• 25 April – Abdulkarim Shah, former politician and MP (b. 1961).^[9]
• 28 April – Augustino Ramadhani, politician and former Chief Justice of Tanzania (b. 1945).^[10]
• 29 April – Richard Ndassa, politician and MP (b. 1959).^[9]

• 1 May – Augustine Mahiga, diplomat and politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Representative to the UN (b. 1945).^[11]

• 24 July – Benjamin Mkapa, politician and the third President of Tanzania (b. 1938).^[12][13]

• September 10 – Mark Bomani, 88, jurist, Attorney General (1965–1976).^[14]
• 14 September – Salim Turky, 57, businessman and MP.^[15]

• 5 November – Cyril Chami, 56, former MP and Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing.^[16]

• December 21 – Anthony Banzi, 74, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tanga (since 1994).^[17]