LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Tanzania

462 recorded engagements by Tanzania's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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462Engagements
461Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
6Signed agreements
71Destination countries
13Officials recorded
254Multilateral summits

LEAD records 6 signed agreements for Tanzania; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Tanzania's leaders recorded 462 engagements: 461 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2005, with 26 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (45 engagements), followed by Kenya and Uganda. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 97% of engagements. 6 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 254 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Jakaya Kikwete (Foreign Minister), with 166 engagements between 1997 and 2015.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Tanzania, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 11 engagements1991: 10 engagements1992: 5 engagements1993: 7 engagements1994: 6 engagements1995: 6 engagements1996: 15 engagements1997: 10 engagements1998: 24 engagements1999: 17 engagements2000: 14 engagements2001: 17 engagements2002: 14 engagements2003: 11 engagements2004: 15 engagements2005: 26 engagements2006: 22 engagements2007: 14 engagements2008: 17 engagements2009: 17 engagements2010: 8 engagements2011: 12 engagements2012: 16 engagements2013: 22 engagements2014: 15 engagements2015: 19 engagements2016: 3 engagements2017: 2 engagements2018: 1 engagement2019: 5 engagements2020: 1 engagement2021: 13 engagements2022: 17 engagements2023: 20 engagements2024: 22 engagements2025: 8 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America45
  • Kenya37
  • Uganda35
  • South Africa30
  • Ethiopia26
  • Zimbabwe17
  • United Kingdom17
  • Zambia14
  • Mozambique13
  • Rwanda13
  • Namibia12
  • China11

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations446
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs252
  • Trade and Economic Relations119
  • International Conflicts and Crises12
  • Energy7
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation6
  • Peace and Security5
  • Development and Aid5
  • Security and Defense5
  • Health2
  • Environment and Climate Change1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22976211 [Tanzania country profile. Accessed 22 October 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/tanzania.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Tanzania's own officials.