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See also:	Other events of 2021 Timeline of Tanzanian history

Events of2021 inTanzania.

• President
  • John Magufuli, died March 17^[1]
  • Samia Suluhu, starting March 17
• Vice-President:
  • Samia Suluhu, until March 17
• Vice-President:Philip Mpango
• Prime Minister:Kassim Majaliwa
• Chief Justice:Ibrahim Hamis Juma

Ongoing –COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania

• 16 January – TheFrench Embassy announces it is working with the Association of the Tanzanian Diaspora Living in France to promote theKiswahili language.^[2]
• 19 January – The United States puts visa restrictions on unnamed Tanzanian officials because of responsibility or complicity in irregularities and violence in the2020 Tanzanian general election.^[3]
• 25 January – A man is arrested in Austria trying to smuggle seventy-four protectedchameleons from Tanzania. Three died, but the rest were taken to theSchönbrunn Zoo.^[4]
• 27 January – President John Magufuli expresses doubts about theCOVID-19 vaccines on January 27 during a speech inChato, Geita Region.^[5]
• 23 February – Maskless Finance MinisterPhilip Mpango coughs his way through a press conference to announce he is not dead a few days after President Magufuli acknowledged COVID-19 in real.^[6]
• 10 March – Opposition leaderTundu Lissu demands answers about the health and whereabouts of President John Magufuli, 61, who has not been seen in public since 27 February.^[7]
• 15 March – Four people are arrested for spreading rumors that President Magufuli is ill, despite his not being seen in public in four weeks.^[8]
• 17 March - PresidentJohn Magufuli dies; Vice-PresidentSamia Suluhu takes over.^[1]
• 21 March - 45 people are killed in astampede atUhuru Stadium inDar es Salaam.^[9][10]
• 28 March – PresidentSamia Suluhu Hassan orders the suspension of the head of the ports authority over corruption allegations.^[11]
• 30 March – President Hassan picks Philip Mpango, the finance minister, to be her deputy.^[12]
• 25 August – A gunmanshoots dead threepolice officers and asecurity guard inDar es Salaam.^[13][14]

• 17 January – Ilunga 'CPwaa' Khalifa, 38, rapper;pneumonia.^[15]
• 20 January – Julius Sang′udi, deputy commissioner of prisons.^[15]
• 21 January –Martha Umbulla, 65, politician.^[15]
• 21 January – Prudence Karugendo, writer and political analyst.^[15]
• 22 January – Emanuel Maganga, formerKigoma Region commissioner.^[15]
• 23 January – Ireneus Kaganda Mbahulira, 78, bishop.^[15]
• 25 January –Gregory Teu, 69, former deputy minister.^[15]
• 12 February –Atashasta Justus Nditiye, 51, former deputy minister; complications after traffic accident.^[16]
• 12 February –Harith Bakari Mwapachu, 81, former minister.^[16]
• 13 February – Regina Rweyemamu, formerHigh Court judge.^[17]
• 15 February –Muhammed Seif Khatib, 70, former minister and owner of Zenji FM.^[18]
• 17 February –Seif Sharif Hamad, 77, First Vice President of Zanzibar and ACT chairman;COVID-19.^[19]
• 17 February –John Kijazi, 64, chief secretary to thePresident, chancellor ofUniversity of Dodoma; heart attack.^[20]
• 20 February – Servacius Likwelile, 63, former Permanent Secretary in theMinistry of Finance.^[21]
• 22 February –Benno Ndulu, 71, former governor of theBank of Tanzania.^[22]
• 25 February – Arthur Shoo, Secretary-General, Northern Diocese,Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.^[23]
• 17 March –John Magufuli, 61, President; heart complications.^[1]
• 6 April –Alfred Maluma, 65, Catholic bishop ofNjombe; traffic accident.^[24]
• 28 April – Moses Beatus Mlula, defence adviser at the High Commission of Tanzania inNew Delhi; COVID-19.^[25]
• 18 May – Tumainiel Kiwelu, 79, former commander and chief of staff in theTanzania People's Defence Force during theUganda–Tanzania War.^[26]
• 29 June –Patrick Mfugale, 70 or 71, CEO of Tanzania Roads Agency.^[27]
• 22 July –Anna Mghwira, 62, former regional commissioner of Kilimanjaro Region.^[28]
• 30 July –Ambilikile Mwasapile, also known as Babu wa Loliondo, former Lutheran priest turned discoverer of miracle potion.^[29]
• 2 August –Elias John Kwandikwa, 55, Minister for Defence and National Service.^[30]
• 17 August –Basil Mramba, 81, former finance minister; COVID-19.^[31]
• 27 September –William Olenasha, 49, politician.^[32]
• 18 November –'Nick' Al Noor Kassum Sunderji, 97, former politician and university chancellor.^[33]
• 18 December –'Baharia' Issa, 64, politician.^[34]

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