John Magufuli, the bulldozer elected as an agent of reform

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

John Magufuli, who presided over an increasingly authoritarian regime as President of Tanzania and, during the final year of his reign, rejected scientific evidence of the coronavirus pandemic, urging his citizens to raise their voices in prayer rather than cover their faces with masks, died March 17 at a hospital in Dar es Salaam.

He was 61.

The death was announced in a statement by Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who cited “heart complications” as the cause.

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