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Edward Moringe Sokoine MEMORIAL and PERSONALITIES



Edward Sokoine


Edward Moringe Sokoine (1 August 1938 – 12 April 1984) was a two-term prime minister of Tanzania serving from 13 February 1977 to 7 November 1980 and again from 24 February 1983 to 12 April 1984.
Edward Moringe Sokoine had a developmental conception of the village. Sokoine saw the village as a harbinger of self-reliant, national development and the peasant as an agency of change. He was a person of unimpeachable personal integrity.
Edward Sokoine

2nd Prime Minister
In office
13 February 1977 – 7 November 1980
PresidentJulius Nyerere
Preceded byRashid Kawawa
Succeeded byCleopa Msuya
In office
23 February 1983 – 12 April 1984
Preceded by
Cleopa Msuya
Succeeded bySalim Ahmed Salim
Personal details
Born1 August 1938
Monduli, Tanganyika
Died12 April 1984 (aged 45)
NationalityTanzanian
Political partyCCM
Other political
affiliations		Tanganyika Africa Nation Union

Life and career

In 1938, Sokoine was born in MONDULI, Arusha Region,Tanzania . From 1948 to 1958, he had his Primary and Secondary Education in the towns of Monduli and Umbwe. In 1961, he joined the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), after he took studies in administration in the Federal Republic of Germany (1962–1963). When he returned from Germany, he became District Executive Officer of the Massai, then he was elected to the National Assembly for the Masai Constituency. In 1967 he became Deputy Minister of Communication, Transportation and Labour. The next step in his career was the promotion to the Minister of state in 1970. In 1972, he switched to the post of the Minister of Defence and National Service of Tanzania. In 1975, he was elected to the National Assembly again, this time for MONDULI. Two years later, he became a member of the Central Committee of the ruling party  (CCM). In the same year (1977) began his first term in office as Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania. This term lasted till 1981. After a year-long break, he became Prime Minister again in 1983. He stayed just one year in office, till his death in April 1984, in a car accident.
There is a university in Morogoro, Tanzania, named after him. Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) began in 1964 as an agricultural college offering diploma in agriculture. It was elevated to a faculty of agriculture in 1969 under the University of Dar es Salaam.

Death

Sokoine died on 12 April 1984 at the age of 45 in Morogoro when his car collided with another vehicle on the road from Dodoma to Dar es salaam. His assistant was seriously injured and his driver suffered a broken leg. Sokoine was the most likely successor to Julius Nyerere as thepresident of Tanzania after, Nyerere declared his intentions to retire in 1985.
Sokoine's body was flown to Dar es salaam and brought to the State house. The Nyerere family was drastically shaken by the incident and ordered to have a grand funeral. The body was on display for public viewing at Karimjee Hall for a day. This was the largest funeral Tanzania had ever hosted and the government was overwhelmed by the number of mourners present. His body was later flown to Arusha for a proper funeral.


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