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Chama Cha Mapinduzi, the Glossary

The Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM; in English) is the dominant ruling party in Tanzania and the second longest-ruling party in Africa, only after the True Whig Party of Liberia.^[1]

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1977 establishments in Tanzania
Julius Nyerere
Political parties in Tanzania

Abdulrahman Kinana

Abdulrahman Omari Kinana is a Tanzanian politician who served as the first Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006.

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Aboud Jumbe

Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi (14 June 1920 – 14 August 2016) was the second President of Zanzibar, serving from 1972 to 1984.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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African nationalism is an umbrella term which refers to a group of political ideologies in West, Central, East and Southern Africa, which are based on the idea of national self-determination and the creation of nation states.

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African socialism or Afrosocialism is a belief in sharing economic resources in a traditional African way, as distinct from classical socialism.

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Afro-Shirazi Party

The Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) was an African nationalist and socialist Zanzibari political party formed between the mostly Shirazi Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party. Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Afro-Shirazi Party are parties of one-party systems.

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Ali Hassan Mwinyi

Ali Hassan Mwinyi (8 May 1925 – 29 February 2024) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the second president of the United Republic of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995.

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Ali Mohamed Shein

Ali Mohamed Shein (born 13 March 1948) was the 7th President of Zanzibar, from 2010 to 2020.

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Alliance for Change and Transparency

The Alliance for Change and Transparency, sometimes known as the ACT–Wazalendo, is the third-largest political party in Tanzania. Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Alliance for Change and Transparency are political parties in Tanzania.

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Ally Sykes

Ally Kleist Sykes (10 October 1926 – 19 May 2013) was a veteran Tanzanian politician and one of the 17 founders of the Tanganyika African National Union.

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Amani Abeid Karume

Amani Abeid Karume (born 1 November 1948) is a Tanzanian politician, the former president of Zanzibar.

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Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.

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Bashiru Ally

Bashiru Ally Kakurwa is a Tanzanian academic, diplomat and politician.

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Benjamin Mkapa

Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 193824 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005.

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Centre-left politics

Centre-left politics is the range of left-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre and broadly conform with progressivism.

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Civic United Front

The Civic United Front (CUF; Chama Cha Wananchi) is a liberal party in Tanzania. Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Civic United Front are political parties in Tanzania.

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Collective farming

Collective farming and communal farming are various types of "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise".

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Congressional Research Service

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a public policy research institute of the United States Congress.

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Daniel Chongolo

Daniel Godfrey Chongolo is a Tanzanian politician and previous Secretary General of Chama Cha Mapinduzi political party in Tanzania, appointed by Samia Suluhu into office in April 30, 2021.

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Dodoma

Dodoma (in Gogo), officially Dodoma City (Jiji Kuu la Dodoma, in Swahili), is the capital of Tanzania and the administrative capital of both Dodoma Municipal Council and the entire Dodoma Region, with a population of 765,179.

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Dominant-party system

A dominant-party system, or one-party dominant system, is a political occurrence in which a single political party continuously dominates election results over running opposition groups or parties.

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East African Legislative Assembly

The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is a sub-organ of the larger East African Community, being the legislative arm of the Community.

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Elections in Tanzania

Elections in Tanzania occur on both the local and national levels.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

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Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa

The Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa (FLMSA) is a loosely organized regional political international of seven political parties which were involved in the African nationalist movements against colonialism and white-minority rule in Southern Africa.

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Hammer

A hammer is a tool, most often a hand tool, consisting of a weighted "head" fixed to a long handle that is swung to deliver an impact to a small area of an object.

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A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural and horticultural hand tool used to shape soil, remove weeds, clear soil, and harvest root crops.

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Horace Kolimba

Horace Kolimba (29 December 1939 – 13 March 1994) was a Tanzanian CCM politician.

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Hussein Mwinyi

Hussein Ali Mwinyi (born in Unguja 23 December 1966) is the 8th president of Zanzibar. Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Hussein Mwinyi are Tanzanian MPs 2015–2020.

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Jakaya Kikwete

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

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John Magufuli

John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) was the fifth president of Tanzania, serving from 2015 until his death in 2021.

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John Malecela

John Samuel Malecela (born 19 April 1934) was Prime Minister of Tanzania from November 1990 to December 1994.

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Jokate Mwegelo

Jokate Mwegelo is a Tanzanian politician and Secretary General of the Chama cha Mapinduzi’s Youth Wing (UVCCM).Before being appointed, she was an entrepreneur and a media personality.

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Journal of Contemporary African Studies

The Journal of Contemporary African Studies is a research journal on human science study of Africa.

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Journal of Democracy

The Journal of Democracy is a quarterly academic journal established in 1990 and an official publication of the National Endowment for Democracy's International Forum for Democratic Studies.

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Julius Nyerere

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (13 April 1922 – 14 October 1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician and political theorist.

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Landslide victory

A landslide victory is an election result in which the victorious candidate or party wins by an overwhelming margin.

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Lawrence Gama

Lawrence M. Gama (19 January 1935 – 16 December 2009) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Songea constituency from 1995 to 2005. Prior to that, he was the Head of the National Service (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa - JKT) from May 1970 - January 1973, Regional Commissioner for the Dodoma, Ruvuma, Tabora, and Morogoro Regions, and Head of the Special Branch (precursor to the present day Tanzania Intelligence and Security Services - TISS).

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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List of constituencies of Tanzania

The Parliament of Tanzania is made up of 239 constituencies which elect a Member of Parliament for a five-year term.

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List of political parties in Tanzania

This article lists political parties in Tanzania. Chama Cha Mapinduzi and list of political parties in Tanzania are political parties in Tanzania.

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List of Tanzania National Assembly members 2005–2010

Most members of the Bunge, Tanzania's National Assembly, are elected concurrently by direct popular vote for 5-year terms.

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Mixed economy

A mixed economy is an economic system that accepts both private businesses and nationalized government services, like public utilities, safety, military, welfare, and education.

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National Assembly (Tanzania)

The National Assembly of Tanzania (Bunge la Tanzania) and the President of Tanzania of the United Republic make up the Parliament of Tanzania.

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Pan-African Parliament

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union.

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Pan-Africanism

Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous peoples and diasporas of African ancestry.

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Philip Mangula

Philip Mangula is a Tanzanian politician and civil servant who was Vice Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party from 2012 to 2022.

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Pius Msekwa

Pius Msekwa (born 9 June 1935) was the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania from April 1994 to November 2005.

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Politics of Tanzania

The politics of Tanzania takes place in a framework of a unitary presidential democratic republic, whereby the President of Tanzania is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

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President of Tanzania

The president of the United Republic of Tanzania (Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is the head of state and head of government of Tanzania.

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President of Zanzibar

The president of Zanzibar (Rais wa Zanzibar) is the head of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, which is a semi-autonomous government within Tanzania.

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Progressive Alliance

The Progressive Alliance (PA) is a political international of progressive and social democratic political parties and organisations founded on 22 May 2013 in Leipzig, Germany.

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Rashidi Kawawa

Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa (27 May 1926 – 31 December 2009) was the second Tanganyikan Prime Minister, Preceded by Julius Kambarage Nyerere from 22nd Jan 1962 to 9th Dec 1962 when the post was abolished and the first Tanzanian Prime Minister from 17th Feb 1972 to 13th Feb 1977, succeeded by Edward Sokoine.

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Ruling party

The ruling party or governing party in a democratic parliamentary or presidential system is the political party or coalition holding a majority of elected positions in a parliament, in the case of parliamentary systems, or holding the executive branch, in presidential systems, that administers the affairs of state after an election.

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Salmin Amour

Salmin Amour (born 1942) is a Tanzanian politician who served as President of Zanzibar from 25 October 1990 to 8 November 2000.

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Samia Suluhu Hassan

Samia Suluhu Hassan (''SAH-mee-ah Soo-LOO-hoo HA-San''; born 27 January 1960) is a Tanzanian politician who has been serving as president of Tanzania since 19 March 2021.

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Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and supports a gradualist, reformist and democratic approach towards achieving socialism.

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The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism, consisting mostly of social democratic political parties and labour organisations.

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.

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Tanganyika (1961–1964)

Tanganyika was a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania, that existed from 1961 until 1964.

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Tanganyika African National Union

The Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) was the principal political party in the struggle for sovereignty in the East African state of Tanganyika (now Tanzania). Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Tanganyika African National Union are parties of one-party systems.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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True Whig Party

The True Whig Party (TWP), also known as the Liberian Whig Party (LWP), is the oldest political party in Liberia and one of the oldest parties in Africa. Chama Cha Mapinduzi and True Whig Party are parties of one-party systems.

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Ujamaa

Ujamaa (in Swahili) was a socialist ideology that formed the basis of Julius Nyerere's social and economic development policies in Tanzania after it gained independence from Britain in 1961. Chama Cha Mapinduzi and Ujamaa are Julius Nyerere.

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Vice News

Vice News (stylized as VICE News) is Vice Media's alternative current affairs channel, producing daily documentary essays and video through its website and YouTube channel.

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Wilson Mukama

Wilson Mukama is a Tanzanian CCM politician and former Secretary General of Chama Cha Mapinduzi.

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Yusuf Makamba

Yusuf Makamba is a Tanzanian CCM politician and former military officer.

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Zanzibar

Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.

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Zanzibar House of Representatives

The Zanzibar House of Representatives is the unicameral, subnational legislature of the autonomous islands of Zanzibar in Tanzania.

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1980 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 26 October 1980.

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1985 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 27 October 1985.

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1990 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 28 October 1990.

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1995 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October and 29 November 1995.

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2000 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 29 October 2000, with sixteen constituencies in Zanzibar voting again on 5 November due to problems with distributing election material.

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2005 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 14 December 2005.

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2010 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 31 October 2010.

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2015 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 25 October 2015.

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2020 Tanzanian general election

General elections were held in Tanzania on 28 October 2020 to elect the President and members of National Assembly.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chama_Cha_Mapinduzi

Also known as CCM (Tanzania), CCM Party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Revolutionary State Party), National Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Party of the Revolution, Revolution Party, Revolutionary Party (Tanzania), Revolutionary State Party, Revolutionary State Party (Tanzania).

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See also

1977 establishments in Tanzania

Julius Nyerere

Political parties in Tanzania

References