VIDEO: RAISI MSTAAFU MKAPA AZINDUA KITABU CHAKE: MY LIFE, MY PURPOSE

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Benjamin William Mkapa (born November 12, 1938) is a Tanzanian politician who was the third President of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was also Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM).

Biography

Mkapa was born in 1938 in Ndanda, near Masasi in southern Tanganyika. He graduated from Makerere University in Uganda in 1962 with a degree in English. He also attended Columbia University in 1963 and was awarded a master's degree in international affairs. Previous posts include being an administrative officer in Dodoma and the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education. He also had the chance to lead the Tanzanian mission to Canada in the year 1982 and to the United States Of America from 1983 to 1984. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1990.

Honorary degrees

University	Country	Degree	Year
Sōka University	Japan	Honoris Causa	1998
Morehouse College	United States	Honoris Causa	1999
The Open University of Tanzania	Tanzania	Honoris Causa	2003
National University of Lesotho	Lesotho	Doctor of Law	2005
Kenyatta University	Kenya	Doctor of Education	2005
University of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	Honoris Causa	2006
Newcastle University	United Kingdom	Doctor of Civil Law	2007
University of Cape Coast	Ghana	Doctor of Letters	2008
Makerere University	Uganda	Doctor of Law	2009

Honours and awards

Order		Country	Year
	Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (Chief)	Kenya	2005
	Order of Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere	Tanzania	2011

Awards

·         2007: Ms Jane Goodall Global Leadership Award