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John Magufuli
John Magufuli was a Tanzanian politician, a chemist by training, who served as the fifth president of Tanzania from 2015 until his death in March 2021. Nicknamed the Bulldozer, he campaigned against corruption and waste and launched large infrastructure projects, but restricted the opposition and the press and denied the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was succeeded by his vice-president, Samia Suluhu Hassan.
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