The first inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete as the 4th president of Tanzania took place on Wednesday, 21 December 2005. It marked the commencement of the first five-year term of Jakaya Kikwete as President and Ali Mohamed Shein as Vice President.
Kikwete won the 2005 presidential election by a landslide receiving 80.28 percent of the popular vote.
Attendance Dignitaries
Heads of state and government President Festus Mogae President Pierre Nkurunziza President Azali Assoumani President Joseph Kabila Prime Minister Meles Zenawi President Mwai Kibaki King Letsie III President Bingu wa Mutharika President Armando Guebuza President Paul Kagame President Thabo Mbeki President Omar al-Bashir President Yoweri Museveni President Levy Mwanawasa President Robert Mugabe Government leaders Foreign Minister João Bernardo de Miranda Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer Former leaders President Daniel arap Moi President Ali Hassan Mwinyi
References
External links Kikwete's inaugural speech Presidential group photograph at Michuzi Blog