Dr john pombe magufuli biography
Dr john pombe magufuli biography
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John Joseph Pombe Magufuli was a man who deftly played the long political game. He was nevertheless a puzzle both to Tanzanians and the world.
When he first entered the presidency in , he gained worldwide acclaim for his no-nonsense approach to fighting corruption and imprudent government spending.
But as he settled into office, his true political colours - the authoritarian and “the bulldozer” of human rights - showed up.
He was born in in Tanzania’s Chato district in the Lake Victoria zone, and was only 2 years old when Tanzania got independence in
After attaining his basic education he trained as a teacher at Mkwawa College of Education, Iringa in central Tanzania, and became a secondary school science teacher.
Magufuli then obtained a degree in education science from the University of Dar-es-Salaam in
The following year he was employed as an industrial chemist at Nyaza Cooperative remaining there until He then ran for the Chato parliamentary seat and won.
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