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Events of 2021 in Tanzania
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania
16 January – The French Embassy announces it is working with the Association of the Tanzanian Diaspora Living in France to promote the Kiswahili language.[ 2]
19 January – The United States puts visa restrictions on unnamed Tanzanian officials because of responsibility or complicity in irregularities and violence in the 2020 Tanzanian general election .[ 3]
25 January – A man is arrested in Austria trying to smuggle seventy-four protected chameleons from Tanzania. Three died, but the rest were taken to the Schönbrunn Zoo .[ 4]
27 January – President John Magufuli expresses doubts about the COVID-19 vaccines on January 27 during a speech in Chato, Geita Region .[ 5]
23 February – Maskless Finance Minister Philip Mpango coughs his way through a press conference to announce he is not dead a few days after President Magufuli acknowledged COVID-19 in real.[ 6]
10 March – Opposition leader Tundu Lissu demands answers about the health and whereabouts of President John Magufuli, 61, who has not been seen in public since 27 February.[ 7]
15 March – Four people are arrested for spreading rumors that President Magufuli is ill, despite his not being seen in public in four weeks.[ 8]
17 March - President John Magufuli dies; Vice-President Samia Suluhu takes over.[ 1]
21 March - 45 people are killed in a stampede at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam .[ 9] [ 10]
28 March – President Samia Suluhu Hassan orders the suspension of the head of the ports authority over corruption allegations.[ 11]
30 March – President Hassan picks Philip Mpango, the finance minister, to be her deputy.[ 12]
25 August – A gunman shoots dead three police officers and a security guard in Dar es Salaam .[ 13] [ 14] 17 January – Ilunga 'CPwaa' Khalifa, 38, rapper; pneumonia .[ 15]
20 January – Julius Sang′udi, deputy commissioner of prisons.[ 15]
21 January – Martha Umbulla , 65, politician.[ 15]
21 January – Prudence Karugendo, writer and political analyst.[ 15]
22 January – Emanuel Maganga, former Kigoma Region commissioner.[ 15]
23 January – Ireneus Kaganda Mbahulira, 78, bishop.[ 15]
25 January – Gregory Teu , 69, former deputy minister.[ 15]
12 February – Atashasta Justus Nditiye , 51, former deputy minister; complications after traffic accident.[ 16]
12 February – Harith Bakari Mwapachu , 81, former minister.[ 16]
13 February – Regina Rweyemamu, former High Court judge.[ 17]
15 February – Muhammed Seif Khatib , 70, former minister and owner of Zenji FM.[ 18]
17 February – Seif Sharif Hamad , 77, First Vice President of Zanzibar and ACT chairman; COVID-19 .[ 19]
17 February – John Kijazi , 64, chief secretary to the President , chancellor of University of Dodoma ; heart attack.[ 20]
20 February – Servacius Likwelile, 63, former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance .[ 21]
22 February – Benno Ndulu , 71, former governor of the Bank of Tanzania .[ 22]
25 February – Arthur Shoo, Secretary-General, Northern Diocese, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania .[ 23]
17 March – John Magufuli , 61, President; heart complications.[ 1]
6 April – Alfred Maluma , 65, Catholic bishop of Njombe ; traffic accident.[ 24]
28 April – Moses Beatus Mlula, defence adviser at the High Commission of Tanzania in New Delhi ; COVID-19.[ 25]
18 May – Tumainiel Kiwelu, 79, former commander and chief of staff in the Tanzania People's Defence Force during the Uganda–Tanzania War .[ 26]
29 June – Patrick Mfugale , 70 or 71, CEO of Tanzania Roads Agency.[ 27]
22 July – Anna Mghwira , 62, former regional commissioner of Kilimanjaro Region.[ 28]
30 July – Ambilikile Mwasapile , also known as Babu wa Loliondo, former Lutheran priest turned discoverer of miracle potion.[ 29]
2 August – Elias John Kwandikwa , 55, Minister for Defence and National Service.[ 30]
17 August – Basil Mramba , 81, former finance minister; COVID-19.[ 31]
27 September – William Olenasha , 49, politician.[ 32]
18 November – 'Nick' Al Noor Kassum Sunderji , 97, former politician and university chancellor.[ 33]
18 December – 'Baharia' Issa , 64, politician.[ 34]
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