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Foreign Minister · President · Tanzania

Jakaya Kikwete

166 recorded engagements, 1997–2015: 166 visits and 2 signed agreements.

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166Engagements
166Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
2Signed agreements
57Destination countries
98Multilateral summits
1997–2015Years in LEAD

Biography

President of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015.

Prior to his election as president, he was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 2005 under his predecessor, Benjamin Mkapa. He also served as the chairperson of the African Union in 2008–2009 and the chairman of the Southern African Development Community Troika on Peace, Defence and Security in 2012–2013.

== Early life and education ==

Kikwete was born and raised in Msoga in the Chalinze District of Tanzania, in 1950. He is of Kwere heritage.

Between 1959 and 1963, Kikwete attended Karatu Primary School and Tengeru School from 1963 to 1965, both in Arusha Region. After Tengeru, Kikwete moved back to home to Pwani Region and attended Kibaha Secondary School for his O-levels, which took place between 1966 and 1969.

He then moved to Tanga Region, where he studied at the Tanga Technical Secondary School for his advanced level education. He graduated from the University of Dar es Salaam in 1975 with a degree in political science and public relations.

== Career ==

As a party cadre, Kikwete moved from one position to another in the party ranks...

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Where they travelled

Tanzania   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America25
  • Ethiopia15
  • South Africa12
  • Uganda10
  • Kenya8
  • France5
  • United Kingdom5
  • Zimbabwe4
  • Japan4
  • China4
  • Canada4
  • Burundi3

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations162
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs97
  • Trade and Economic Relations40
  • International Conflicts and Crises4
  • Development and Aid3
  • Peace and Security2
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation2
  • Security and Defense1

Activity by year

1997: 1 engagement1998: 1 engagement1999: 1 engagement2000: 1 engagement2001: 1 engagement2002: 1 engagement2003: 1 engagement2004: 0 engagements2005: 0 engagements2006: 22 engagements2007: 14 engagements2008: 17 engagements2009: 17 engagements2010: 7 engagements2011: 12 engagements2012: 14 engagements2013: 22 engagements2014: 15 engagements2015: 19 engagements19972000200520102015

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2006-12-14KenyaPeace Treaty
2013-02-24EthiopiaFunctional cooperation

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1997-09-22Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
1998-09-28Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
1999-09-28 – 1999-09-30Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2000-09-06 – 2000-09-08Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2001-11-13Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2002-09-17Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2003-09-22 – 2003-10-01Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2006-01-22 – 2006-01-24Visit SummitSudan · Khartoum
2006-03-22 – 2006-03-23VisitUganda · Kampala
2006-03-23 – 2006-03-24VisitBurundi · Bujumbura
2006-03-23VisitRwanda · Kigali
2006-03-24 – 2006-03-25VisitKenya · Nairobi
2006-04-06 – 2006-04-07VisitBotswana · Gaborone
2006-04-07 – 2006-04-08VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2006-04-17 – 2006-04-19Visit SummitLesotho · Maseru
2006-04-27 – 2006-04-28VisitZimbabwe · Harare
2006-05-14 – 2006-05-15VisitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
2006-05-15 – 2006-05-16VisitFrance · Paris
2006-05-17 – 2006-05-23VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2006-06-30 – 2006-07-02Visit SummitGambia · Banjul
2006-07-21 – 2006-07-22VisitGermany · Berlin
2006-08-17 – 2006-08-18Visit SummitLesotho · Maseru
2006-08-20 – 2006-08-23VisitAngola · Luanda
2006-09-18 – 2006-10-01Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2006-10-30 – 2006-11-03VisitJapan · Tokyo
2006-11-03 – 2006-11-05Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2006-11-08 – 2006-11-09VisitSouth Korea · Seoul
2006-11-23 – 2006-11-25VisitUganda · Kampala
2006-12-14 – 2006-12-15Visit SummitKenya · NairobiAgreement signedPeace Treaty
2007-01-15 – 2007-01-17VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2007-01-29 – 2007-01-30Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2007-02-18 – 2007-02-21VisitSweden · Stockholm
2007-02-27 – 2007-02-28VisitNorway · Oslo
2007-02-28 – 2007-03-02VisitDenmark · Copenhagen
2007-03-15VisitZimbabwe · Harare
2007-04-23 – 2007-04-27Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2007-06-17 – 2007-06-22Visit SummitBurundi · Bujumbura
2007-06-30 – 2007-07-03Visit SummitGhana · Accra
2007-08-16 – 2007-08-17Visit SummitZambia · Lusaka
2007-09-27Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
Show all 166 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2007-10-15 – 2007-10-20VisitItaly · Rome
2007-10-19VisitVatican · Vatican City
2007-11-23 – 2007-11-25Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2008-01-30 – 2008-02-02Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2008-02-08 – 2008-02-09Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
2008-02-26 – 2008-02-28VisitKenya · Nairobi
2008-04-06 – 2008-04-09Visit SummitIndia · New Delhi
2008-04-10 – 2008-04-15VisitChina · Beijing
2008-04-16VisitUnited States of America · New York
2008-04-29 – 2008-04-30VisitUganda · Kampala
2008-05-28 – 2008-05-30Visit SummitJapan · Yokohama
2008-06-09 – 2008-06-10Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2008-06-25Visit SummiteSwatini · Mbabane
2008-06-30 – 2008-07-01Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
2008-07-06 – 2008-07-09Visit SummitJapan · Toyako
2008-08-16 – 2008-08-17Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2008-08-26 – 2008-08-31VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2008-09-15VisitZimbabwe · Harare
2008-09-22 – 2008-09-23Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2008-11-06 – 2008-11-07Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
2009-01-26 – 2009-01-27Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2009-01-29 – 2009-02-02Visit SummitLibya · Sirte
2009-02-01 – 2009-02-04Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2009-03-24 – 2009-03-26VisitComoros · Moroni
2009-04-15 – 2009-04-16VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2009-04-23 – 2009-04-25VisitBotswana · Gaborone
2009-05-05 – 2009-05-07Visit SummitDenmark · Copenhagen
2009-05-09 – 2009-05-10VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2009-05-21 – 2009-05-24VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2009-06-19 – 2009-06-20Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2009-07-01 – 2009-07-03Visit SummitLibya · Sirte
2009-09-22 – 2009-09-30Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2009-11-08 – 2009-11-10Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
2009-11-15 – 2009-11-17Visit SummitItaly · Rome
2009-11-23 – 2009-11-26VisitJamaica · Kingston
2009-11-28 – 2009-11-30Visit SummitTrinidad and Tobago · Port of Spain
2009-11-30 – 2009-12-03VisitCuba · Havana
2010-01-31 – 2010-02-02Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2010-02-17 – 2010-02-21VisitTurkey · Ankara
2010-02-21 – 2010-02-23VisitJordan · Amman
2010-04-30Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2010-07-18 – 2010-07-21Visit SummitSpain · Madrid
2010-07-25 – 2010-07-27Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2010-11-29Visit SummitLibya · Tripoli
2011-01-29 – 2011-02-01Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2011-02-21 – 2011-02-22Visit SummitIvory Coast · Abidjan
2011-03-02 – 2011-03-03Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2011-05-12VisitUganda · Kampala
2011-06-10 – 2011-06-12Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2011-06-15 – 2011-06-16Visit SummitSwitzerland · Geneva
2011-06-17 – 2011-06-18VisitSeychelles · Victoria
2011-06-28 – 2011-07-01Visit SummitEquatorial Guinea · Malabo
2011-07-18 – 2011-07-20VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2011-09-16 – 2011-09-18VisitCanada · Ottawa
2011-09-18 – 2011-09-22Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2011-10-28 – 2011-10-30Visit SummitAustralia · Perth
2012-01-28 – 2012-01-29Visit SummitSwitzerland · Davos
2012-01-30 – 2012-01-31Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2012-05-10VisitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2012-05-19 – 2012-05-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2012-05-31 – 2012-06-02Visit SummitAngola · Luanda
2012-06-14 – 2012-06-16Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2012-07-09 – 2012-07-16Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2012-07-19 – 2012-07-20Visit SummitChina · Beijing
2012-08-07Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2012-08-16 – 2012-08-18Visit SummitMozambique · Maputo
2012-10-01 – 2012-10-03VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2012-10-03 – 2012-10-05VisitCanada · Ottawa
2012-10-15 – 2012-10-18VisitOman · Muscat
2012-11-30Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
2013-01-20 – 2013-01-24VisitFrance · Paris
2013-01-26 – 2013-01-30Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2013-02-24Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis AbabaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2013-04-14 – 2013-04-17VisitNetherlands · The Hague
2013-05-05 – 2013-05-06VisitKuwait · Kuwait City
2013-05-08 – 2013-05-10Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2013-05-18 – 2013-05-19Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2013-05-25 – 2013-05-27Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2013-05-29 – 2013-06-03Visit SummitJapan · Yokohama
2013-06-14 – 2013-06-18Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · Lough Erne
2013-08-17 – 2013-08-18Visit SummitMalawi · Lilongwe
2013-09-05Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2013-09-20 – 2013-09-23VisitCanada · Guelph
2013-09-24 – 2013-09-27Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2013-10-31 – 2013-11-01Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2013-11-15 – 2013-11-17Visit SummitSri Lanka · Colombo
2013-11-17 – 2013-11-19VisitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
2013-11-30Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2013-12-04 – 2013-12-05Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2013-12-06 – 2013-12-08Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2013-12-09 – 2013-12-10VisitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2013-12-13 – 2013-12-15VisitSouth Africa · Qunu
2014-01-27 – 2014-01-31Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2014-03-31 – 2014-04-01VisitUnited Kingdom · London
2014-04-02 – 2014-04-03Visit SummitBelgium · Brussels
2014-05-07 – 2014-05-08Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2014-05-11VisitAngola · Luanda
2014-05-23 – 2014-05-24VisitDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa
2014-05-28 – 2014-05-30Visit SummitCanada · Toronto
2014-06-22 – 2014-06-23Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2014-06-25 – 2014-06-27Visit SummitEquatorial Guinea · Malabo
2014-08-01 – 2014-08-06Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2014-08-17 – 2014-08-18Visit SummitZimbabwe · Harare
2014-09-24 – 2014-10-01Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2014-10-23 – 2014-10-30VisitChina · Beijing
2014-10-26 – 2014-10-29VisitVietnam · Hanoi
2014-11-19 – 2014-11-21Visit SummitEquatorial Guinea · Malabo
2015-01-27 – 2015-01-28Visit SummitGermany · Berlin
2015-01-28 – 2015-01-31Visit SummitEthiopia · Addis Ababa
2015-01-28VisitFrance · Paris
2015-02-20Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
2015-02-25 – 2015-02-26VisitZambia · Lusaka
2015-03-07 – 2015-03-09Visit SummitRwanda · Kigali
2015-03-18 – 2015-03-20Visit SummitBurundi · Bujumbura
2015-03-30 – 2015-04-08VisitUnited States of America · New York
2015-04-18 – 2015-04-20Visit SummitJordan · Amman
2015-05-09 – 2015-05-11VisitAlgeria · Algiers
2015-06-01 – 2015-06-03VisitFinland · Helsinki
2015-06-03 – 2015-06-05VisitSweden · Stockholm
2015-06-05 – 2015-06-08VisitNetherlands · The Hague
2015-06-13 – 2015-06-16Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2015-06-17 – 2015-06-21VisitIndia · New Delhi
2015-07-27 – 2015-07-31VisitAustralia · Canberra
2015-09-19 – 2015-09-30Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2015-10-04 – 2015-10-06VisitKenya · Nairobi
2015-10-08 – 2015-10-09VisitMozambique · Maputo

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.22898778 [Jakaya Kikwete leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/jakaya-kikwete.html]