List of awards and honours received by Julius Nyerere

This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Julius Nyerere.

Nyerere was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania, as president from 1964 to 1985. He was a founding member and chair of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party, and of its successor Chama Cha Mapinduzi, from 1954 to 1990. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was a controversial figure. Across Africa he gained widespread respect as an anti-colonialist and in power received praise for ensuring that, unlike many of its neighbours, Tanzania remained stable and unified in the decades following independence.

He is held in deep respect within Tanzania, where he is often referred to by the Swahili honorific Mwalimu ("teacher") and described as the "Father of the Nation."

Honours

Foreign honours YearDateCountryOrder197027 January 1970Order of the Yugoslav Great Star197421 September 1974Order of José Martí.197524 April 1975Order of the Aztec Eagle, Collar1976Medal of Amílcar Cabral1983Order of Eduardo Mondlane1985Order of Augstino Neto1986Sir Seretse Khama Medal19867 September 1987Lenin Peace Prize200416 June 2004Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo2005Royal Order of Munhumutapa200710 July 2007Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa (Grand Master)200710 July 2007Order of Katonga20096 July 2009National Liberation Medal20096 July 2009Campaign Against Genocide Medal2010Order of the Welwitschia2012National Order of the Republic (Grand Cordon)Order of Jamaica

Domestic honours YearDateCountryOrder20119 December 2011Order of Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere

Scholastic

Honorary academic awards YearUniversityCountryHonour1960Duquesne UniversityDoctor of Laws1962University of EdinburghDoctor of Laws1967Cairo UniversityHonoris Causa1969University of TorontoDoctor of LawsUniversity of Nigeria Nsukka1976University of IbadanDoctor of LawsUniversity of Monrovia1977Harvard UniversityDoctor of Humanities1977Howard UniversityDoctor of Humanities1985University of LjubljanaDoctor of Laws1985Pyongyang UniversityDoctor of Philosophy1985Ikulu (State House)Degree for Diplomacy1985University of HavanaDoctor of Philosophy1986University of ZimbabweDoctor of Laws1986University of Dar es SalaamDegree of Literature1987National University of LesothoDoctor of Laws1991University of the PhilippinesDoctor of Humanities1993Makerere UniversityDoctor of Laws1997Open University of TanzaniaDoctor of Letters1997Claremont Graduate UniversityDoctor of Laws1997Sokoine University of AgricultureHonoris Causa1998University of Fort HareDoctor of Laws1998Lincoln UniversityDoctor of Laws

Awards

1973, Jawaharlal Nehru Award, Nehru Award for International Understanding, India. 1982, Third World Prize, India 1983, Nansen Refugee Award, UNHCR 1988, Joliot-Curie gold medal, World Peace Council. 1992, International Simón Bolívar Prize, UNESCO. 1994, TANAPA / Gold Medal of Outstanding on Wildlife and Environmental Conservation, Tanzania. 1995, Gandhi Peace Prize, India. 1997, Nnamdi Azikiwe Award, Nigeria. 2000, Statesman of the Century, CCM, Tanzania.

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