Person

Benjamin Mkapa

third president of Tanzania

b. 1938 CE – d. 2020 CE World The Indian Ocean Lands

Benjamin William Mkapa (12 November 1938 – 24 July 2020) was the third president of Tanzania, in office from 1995 to 2005. He was Chairman of the Revolutionary State Political Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM).