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Who was Julius Nyerere, and what was his role in Tanganyika’s independence?

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Julius Nyerere was the president of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) nationalist organization during the time that Tanganyika was administered by Great Britain as a UN trust territory. He was a prominent leader in Tanganyika’s quest for independence. Nyerere became the first prime minister of independent Tanganyika in 1961 and was the first president of the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (later the United Republic of Tanzania) in 1964.