Ali Hassan Mwinyi: Tanzania's reformist president
Hand-picked by independence hero Julius Nyerere to succeed him, Mwinyi inherited a country in the grip of an economic crisis, following years of failed socialist experiments.
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Former Tanzanian president Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who introduced multi-party democracy to the East African nation, died on Thursday aged 98. (AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
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DAR ES SALAAM - When Ali Hassan Mwinyi became Tanzania's president in 1985, few expected the shy, unassuming politician, who died on Thursday aged 98, to emerge as