Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician and teacher, 1st President of Tanzania (died 1999)

Julius Kambarage Nyerere was a Tanzanian politician, anti-colonial activist, 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 promoted a political philosophy known as Ujamaa.

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania is the head of state and head of government of Tanzania.

April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 262 days remain until the end of the year.