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  • Updated: March 18, 2021

COVID-19: Tanzanian President, John Magufuli Is Dead

COVID-19: Tanzanian President, John Magufuli Is Dead

Tanzanian President, John Magufuli is dead.

The country’s Vice President, Samia Suluhu disclosed this on national television on Wednesday.

Suluhu said the 61-year-old president had died of a “heart condition”, which he suffered for a decade, at a hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam.

Magufuli had first been briefly admitted to the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute on March 6, 2021, but was subsequently discharged and rushed to the hospital again on March 14, 2021, after feeling unwell.

According to Tanzania’s Constitution, Vice President Hassan should assume the presidency for the remainder of the five-year term that Magufuli began serving last year after winning a second term.

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Nicknamed the “Bulldozer”, Magufuli was elected in 2015 on promises to tackle corruption and boost infrastructure development. He won a second term in a disputed poll last year.

However, his government has been accused by rights groups of stifling democracy and cracking down on the media.

Critics accused Magufuli that his dismissal of the threat from COVID-19, as well as his refusal to lock down the country, may have contributed to many unknown deaths.

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