Sad news coming in indicates that Tanzania’s second president has died at the age of 98 years. This communication was made by Tanzania’s current president Samia Suluhu Hassan through a television broadcast. And the cause of his death is revealed.
“On behalf of the government, I would like to convey my condolences to the family, relatives, friends and all Tanzanians for this loss,” President Hassan Samia Suluhu said. This sent a worldwide wave of shock as Mwinyi’s life has been so private and few knew about his existence.
It should however be known that, former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi was hospitalized on Friday 2nd February 2024, the Zanzibar presidency announced at first. This was the second time to go under medication since last year in November.
The Deputy Director of Presidential Communication State House Zanzibar, Mohamed Hashim, said that Mr. Ali Hassan Mwinyi, was receiving treatment for a chest illness and was under the care of doctors. That was on February 5th this year.
“With advice from his doctors, the family has decided that it is good that he gets privacy while receiving treatment. The family asks the public to pray for him,” wrote the family spokesperson and son of the former leader Abdullah Mwinyi.
So the cause of his death is related to a chest illness that had sent him to his sick bed for over six months. Ali Hassan Mwinyi’s family is asking for maximum oricay as it processes the death of the grandfather of the nation (Tanzania).
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It should be noted that, Mr. Ali Hassan Mwinyi was the second President of Tanzania between 1985 and 1995. His son Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, is the current President of Zanzibar, in the Tanzanian archipelago.
He is credited with ushering the East African nation into free market economics, and he succeeded Tanzania’s first post-independence president, Julius Nyerere, who left office in 1985 after 22 years in power.
