List of awards and honours received by Julius Nyerere
This is a comprehensive list of awards, honours and other recognitions bestowed on Julius Nyerere.[1]
Nyerere was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political theorist. He governed Tanganyika as prime minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as president from 1962 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania, as president from 1964 to 1985. He was a founding member and chair of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party, and of its successor Chama Cha Mapinduzi, from 1954 to 1990. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was a controversial figure. Across Africa he gained widespread respect as an anti-colonialist and in power received praise for ensuring that, unlike many of its neighbours, Tanzania remained stable and unified in the decades following independence.
He is held in deep respect within Tanzania, where he is often referred to by the Swahili honorific Mwalimu ("teacher") and described as the "Father of the Nation."
Honours
[edit]Foreign honours
[edit]Year | Date | Country | Order | |
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1970 | 27 January 1970 | ![]() |
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Order of the Yugoslav Great Star[2] |
1974 | 21 September 1974 | ![]() |
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Order of José Martí.[3] |
1975 | 24 April 1975 | ![]() |
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Order of the Aztec Eagle, Collar[4] |
1976 | ![]() |
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Medal of Amilcar Cabral | |
1983 | ![]() |
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Order of Eduardo Mondlane | |
1985 | ![]() |
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Order of Augstino Neto | |
1986 | ![]() |
Sir Seretse Khama Medal | ||
1986 | 7 September 1987 | ![]() |
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Lenin Peace Prize[5] |
2004 | 16 June 2004 | ![]() |
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Order of the Supreme Companion of OR Tambo[6] |
2005 | ![]() |
Royal Order of Munhumutapa[7] | ||
2007 | 10 July 2007 | ![]() |
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Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa (Grand Master)[8] |
2007 | 10 July 2007 | ![]() |
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Order of Katonga[9][8] |
2009 | 6 July 2009 | ![]() |
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National Liberation Medal[10] |
2009 | 6 July 2009 | ![]() |
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Campaign Against Genocide Medal[10] |
2010 | ![]() |
Order of the Most Ancient Welwitschia mirabilis[11] | ||
2012 | ![]() |
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National Order of the Republic (Grand Cordon)[12] | |
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Order of Jamaica[13] |
Domestic honours
[edit]Year | Date | Country | Order | |
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2011 | 9 December 2011 | ![]() |
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Order of Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere |
Scholastic
[edit]Honorary academic awards
[edit]Year | University | Country | Honour |
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1960 | Duquesne University | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[14] |
1962 | University of Edinburgh | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[15] |
1967 | Cairo University | ![]() |
Honoris Causa[16][17] |
1969 | University of Toronto | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[18] |
University of Nigeria Nsukka | ![]() |
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1976 | University of Ibadan | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[20][21] |
University of Monrovia | ![]() |
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1977 | Harvard University | ![]() |
Doctor of Humanities[22] |
1977 | Howard University | ![]() |
Doctor of Humanities[23] |
1985 | University of Ljubljana | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[1] |
1985 | Pyongyang University | ![]() |
Doctor of Philosophy[1] |
1985 | Ikulu (State House) | ![]() |
Degree for Diplomacy[1] |
1985 | University of Havana | ![]() |
Doctor of Philosophy[24] |
1986 | University of Zimbabwe | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[25] |
1986 | University of Dar es Salaam | ![]() |
Degree of Literature[1] |
1987 | National University of Lesotho | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[26] |
1991 | University of the Philippines | ![]() |
Doctor of Humanities[24] |
1993 | Makerere University | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[27] |
1997 | Open University of Tanzania | ![]() |
Doctor of Letters[28] |
1997 | Claremont Graduate University | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[29] |
1997 | Sokoine University of Agriculture | ![]() |
Honoris Causa[30] |
1998 | University of Fort Hare | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[31] |
1998 | Lincoln University | ![]() |
Doctor of Laws[24] |
Awards
[edit]- 1973, Jawaharlal Nehru Award, Nehru Award for International Understanding, India.[32][33]
- 1982, Third World Prize, India[34]
- 1983, Nansen Refugee Award, UNHCR[35]
- 1988, Joliot-Curie gold medal, World Peace Council.
- 1992, International Simón Bolívar Prize, UNESCO.[36]
- 1994, TANAPA / Gold Medal of Outstanding on Wildlife and Environmental Conservation, Tanzania.[1]
- 1995, Gandhi Peace Prize, India.[37]
- 1997, Nnamdi Azikiwe Award, Nigeria.[38]
- 2000, Statesman of the Century, CCM, Tanzania.[39]
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